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1 Now Je­hoshaphat had rich­es and hon­our in abun­dance, and joined affin­i­ty with Ahab. 2 And af­ter certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abun­dance, and for the peo­ple that he had with him, and per­suad­ed him to go up with him to Ramoth­gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Is­rael said unto Je­hoshaphat king of Ju­dah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth­gilead? And he an­swered him, I am as thou art, and my peo­ple as thy peo­ple; and we will be with thee in the war. 4 And Je­hoshaphat said unto the king of Is­rael, En­quire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 5 There­fore the king of Is­rael gath­ered to­geth­er of prophets four hun­dred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth­gilead to bat­tle, or shall I for­bear? And they said, Go up; for God will de­liv­er it into the king's hand. 6 But Je­hoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD be­sides, that we might en­quire of him? 7 And the king of Is­rael said unto Je­hoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may en­quire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he nev­er proph­e­sied good unto me, but al­ways evil: the same is Mi­ca­iah the son of Im­la. And Je­hoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of Is­rael called for one of his of­fi­cers, and said, Fetch quick­ly Mi­ca­iah the son of Im­la. 9 And the king of Is­rael and Je­hoshaphat king of Ju­dah sat ei­ther of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the en­ter­ing in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets proph­e­sied be­fore them. 10 And Zedeki­ah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syr­ia un­til they be con­sumed. 11 And all the prophets proph­e­sied so, say­ing, Go up to Ramoth­gilead, and pros­per: for the LORD shall de­liv­er it into the hand of the king. 12 And the mes­sen­ger that went to call Mi­ca­iah spake to him, say­ing, Be­hold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one as­sent; let thy word there­fore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Mi­ca­iah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Mi­ca­iah, shall we go to Ramoth­gilead to bat­tle, or shall I for­bear? And he said, Go ye up, and pros­per, and they shall be de­liv­ered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I ad­jure thee that thou say noth­ing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 16 Then he said, I did see all Is­rael scat­tered upon the moun­tains, as sheep that have no shep­herd: and the LORD said, These have no mas­ter; let them re­turn therefore ev­ery man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Is­rael said to Je­hoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not proph­esy good unto me, but evil? 18 Again he said, There­fore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sit­ting upon his throne, and all the host of heav­en stand­ing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the LORD said, Who shall en­tice Ahab king of Is­rael, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth­gilead? And one spake say­ing af­ter this man­ner, and an­oth­er say­ing af­ter that man­ner. 20 Then there came out a spir­it, and stood be­fore the LORD, and said, I will en­tice him. And the LORD said unto him, Where­with? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a ly­ing spir­it in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt en­tice him, and thou shalt also pre­vail: go out, and do even so. 22 Now there­fore, be­hold, the LORD hath put a ly­ing spir­it in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spo­ken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedeki­ah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Mi­ca­iah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spir­it of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 24 And Mi­ca­iah said, Be­hold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an in­ner cham­ber to hide thy­self. 25 Then the king of Is­rael said, Take ye Mi­ca­iah, and car­ry him back to Amon the gov­er­nor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 26 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 re­turn in peace. 27 And Mi­ca­iah said, If thou cer­tain­ly re­turn in peace, then hath not the LORD spo­ken by me. And he said, Hear­ken, all ye peo­ple. 28 So the king of Is­rael and Je­hoshaphat the king of Ju­dah went up to Ramoth­gilead. 29 And the king of Is­rael said unto Je­hoshaphat, I will dis­guise my­self, and will go to the bat­tle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Is­rael dis­guised him­self; and they went to the bat­tle. 30 Now the king of Syr­ia had com­mand­ed the cap­tains of the char­i­ots that were with him, say­ing, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Is­rael. 31 And it came to pass, when the cap­tains of the char­i­ots saw Je­hoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Is­rael. There­fore they com­passed about him to fight: but Je­hoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them ­to depart from him. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the cap­tains of the char­i­ots per­ceived that it was not the king of Is­rael, they turned back again from pur­su­ing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a ven­ture, and smote the king of Is­rael be­tween the joints of the har­ness: there­fore he said to his char­i­ot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest car­ry me out of the host; for I am wound­ed. 34 And the bat­tle in­creased that day: how­beit the king of Is­rael stayed himself up in his char­i­ot against the Syr­i­ans un­til the even: and about the time of the sun go­ing down he died.