Book 11 : 1 KINGS - Chapter 022
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And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah came down to the king of Israel
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And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that
Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out
of the hand of the king of Syria
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And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle
to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I
am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy
horses
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray
thee, at the word of the LORD to day
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about
four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against
Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go
up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king
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And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the
LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so
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Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten
hither Micaiah the son of Imlah
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And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place
in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and
he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the
Syrians, until thou have consumed them
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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into
the king's hand
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And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto
him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare
good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee,
be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good
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And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto
me, that will I speak
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So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we
forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD
shall deliver it into the hand of the king
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And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee
that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name
of the LORD
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And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as
sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have
no master: let them return every man to his house in peace
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil
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And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw
the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left
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And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up
and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and
another said on that manner
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And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and
said, I will persuade him
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And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail
also: go forth, and do so
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Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
concerning thee
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But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah
on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD
from me to speak unto thee
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And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when
thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself
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And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
son
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And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I come in peace
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And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD
hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every
one of you
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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramothgilead
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.
And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the
battle
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But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains
that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with
small nor great, save only with the king of Israel
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel.
And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat
cried out
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots
perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned
back from pursuing him
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And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king
of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said
unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me
out of the host; for I am wounded
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And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up
in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the
blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot
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And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the
going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and
every man to his own country
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So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried
the king in Samaria
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And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the
dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour;
according unto the word of the LORD which he spake
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the
ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel
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So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in
his stead
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And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in
the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel
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Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And
his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi
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And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not
aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the
LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for
the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places
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And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah
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And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days
of his father Asa, he took out of the land
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There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king
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Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold:
but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber
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Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my
servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat
would not
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And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with
his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his
son reigned in his stead
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Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria
the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
two years over Israel
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the
way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the
way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin
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For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger
the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had
done.
Book 11 : 1 KINGS
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