1 Kings 22 — Chapter 22

¹And they continued three years without war between Syria and Yashar'el (Israel).

²And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Yahudah (Judah) came down to the king of Yashar'el (Israel).

³And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said unto his servants, Know you that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

⁴And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Yashar'el (Israel), I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

⁵And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Yashar'el (Israel), Enquire, I pray you, at the word of Yahuah (LORD) to day.

⁶Then the king of Yashar'el (Israel) gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for Adonai (Lord) shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

⁷And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Yahuah (LORD) besides, that we might enquire of him?

⁸And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of Yahuah (LORD): but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

⁹Then the king of Yashar'el (Israel) called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

¹⁰And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) and Jehoshaphat the king of Yahudah (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.

¹¹And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus says Yahuah (LORD), With these shall you push the Syrians, until you have consumed them.

¹²And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for Yahuah (LORD) shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

¹³And 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 your word, I pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

¹⁴And Micaiah said, As Yahuah (LORD) lives, what Yahuah (LORD) says unto me, that will I speak.

¹⁵So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for Yahuah (LORD) shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

¹⁶And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of Yahuah (LORD)?

¹⁷And he said, I saw all Yashar'el (Israel) scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and Yahuah (LORD) said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

¹⁸And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

¹⁹And he said, Hear you therefore the word of Yahuah (LORD): I saw Yahuah (LORD) sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

²⁰And Yahuah (LORD) said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

²¹And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahuah (LORD), and said, I will persuade him.

²²And Yahuah (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, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

²³Now therefore, behold, Yahuah (LORD) has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets, and Yahuah (LORD) has spoken evil concerning you.

²⁴But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahuah (LORD) from me to speak unto you?

²⁵And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

²⁶And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

²⁷And say, Thus says 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.

²⁸And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yahuah (LORD) has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

²⁹So the king of Yashar'el (Israel) and Jehoshaphat the king of Yahudah (Judah) went up to Ramoth-gilead.

³⁰And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put you on your robes. And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) disguised himself, and went into the battle.

³¹But 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 Yashar'el (Israel).

³²And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Yashar'el (Israel). And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

³³And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Yashar'el (Israel), that they turned back from pursuing him.

³⁴And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Yashar'el (Israel) between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

³⁵And 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.

³⁶And 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.

³⁷So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

³⁸And 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 Yahuah (LORD) which he spake.

³⁹Now 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 Yashar'el (Israel)?

⁴⁰So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

⁴¹And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Yahudah (Judah) in the fourth year of Ahab king of Yashar'el (Israel).

⁴²Jehoshaphat 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.

⁴³And 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 Yahuah (LORD): nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

⁴⁴And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Yashar'el (Israel).

⁴⁵Now 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 Yahudah (Judah)?

⁴⁶And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

⁴⁷There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

⁴⁹Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

⁵⁰And 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.

⁵¹Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Yashar'el (Israel) in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Yahudah (Judah), and reigned two years over Yashar'el (Israel).

⁵²And he did evil in the sight of Yahuah (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 Yashar'el (Israel) to sin:

⁵³For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Yahuah Elohim (the LORD God) of Yashar'el (Israel), according to all that his father had done.