18:1 Now
Jehoshaphat
had
great
riches
and
honor,
and
he
made
a
marriage
alliance
with
Ahab.
18:2 After
some
years
he
went
down
to
Ahab
in
Samaria.
And
Ahab
killed
an
abundance
of
sheep
and
oxen
for
him
and
for
the
people
who
were
with
him,
and
induced
him
to
go
up
against
Ramoth-gilead.
18:3 Ahab
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
"Will
you
go
with
me
to
Ramoth-gilead"
He
answered
him,
"I
am
as
you
are,
my
people
as
your
people.
We
will
be
with
you
in
the
war."
18:4 And
Jehoshaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel,
"Inquire
first
for
the
word
of
the
LORD."
18:5 Then
the
king
of
Israel
gathered
the
prophets
together,
four
hundred
men,
and
said
to
them,
"Shall
we
go
to
battle
against
Ramoth-gilead,
or
shall
I
refrain"
And
they
said,
"Go
up,
for
God
will
give
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king."
18:6 But
Jehoshaphat
said,
"Is
there
not
here
another
prophet
of
the
LORD
of
whom
we
may
inquire"
18:7 And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat,
"There
is
yet
one
man
by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
the
LORD,
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah;
but
I
hate
him,
for
he
never
prophesies
good
concerning
me,
but
always
evil."
And
Jehoshaphat
said,
"Let
not
the
king
say
so."
18:8 Then
the
king
of
Israel
summoned
an
officer
and
said,
"Bring
quickly
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah."
18:9 Now
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
were
sitting
on
their
thrones,
arrayed
in
their
robes.
And
they
were
sitting
at
the
threshing
floor
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Samaria,
and
all
the
prophets
were
prophesying
before
them.
18:10 And
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
made
for
himself
horns
of
iron
and
said,
"Thus
says
the
LORD,
'With
these
you
shall
push
the
Syrians
until
they
are
destroyed.'"
18:11 And
all
the
prophets
prophesied
so
and
said,
"Go
up
to
Ramoth-gilead
and
triumph.
The
LORD
will
give
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king."
18:12 And
the
messenger
who
went
to
summon
Micaiah
said
to
him,
"Behold,
the
words
of
the
prophets
with
one
accord
are
favorable
to
the
king.
Let
your
word
be
like
the
word
of
one
of
them,
and
speak
favorably."
18:13 But
Micaiah
said,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
what
my
God
says,
that
I
will
speak."
18:14 And
when
he
had
come
to
the
king,
the
king
said
to
him,
"Micaiah,
shall
we
go
to
Ramoth-gilead
to
battle,
or
shall
I
refrain"
And
he
answered,
"Go
up
and
triumph;
they
will
be
given
into
your
hand."
18:15 But
the
king
said
to
him,
"How
many
times
shall
I
make
you
swear
that
you
speak
to
me
nothing
but
the
truth
in
the
name
of
the
LORD"
18:16 And
he
said,
"I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
on
the
mountains,
as
sheep
that
have
no
shepherd.
And
the
LORD
said,
'These
have
no
master;
let
each
return
to
his
home
in
peace.'"
18:17 And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat,
"Did
I
not
tell
you
that
he
would
not
prophesy
good
concerning
me,
but
evil"
18:18 And
Micaiah
said,
"Therefore
hear
the
word
of
the
LORD:
I
saw
the
LORD
sitting
on
his
throne,
and
all
the
host
of
heaven
standing
on
his
right
hand
and
on
his
left.
18:19 And
the
LORD
said,
'Who
will
entice
Ahab
the
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
go
up
and
fall
at
Ramoth-gilead'
And
one
said
one
thing,
and
another
said
another.
18:20 Then
a
spirit
came
forward
and
stood
before
the
LORD,
saying,
'I
will
entice
him.'
And
the
LORD
said
to
him,
'By
what
means'
18:21 And
he
said,
'I
will
go
out,
and
will
be
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets.'
And
he
said,
'You
are
to
entice
him,
and
you
shall
succeed;
go
out
and
do
so.'
18:22 Now
therefore
behold,
the
LORD
has
put
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
these
your
prophets.
The
LORD
has
declared
disaster
concerning
you."
18:23 Then
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
came
near
and
struck
Micaiah
on
the
cheek
and
said,
"Which
way
did
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
go
from
me
to
speak
to
you"
18:24 And
Micaiah
said,
"Behold,
you
shall
see
on
that
day
when
you
go
into
an
inner
chamber
to
hide
yourself."
18:25 And
the
king
of
Israel
said,
"Seize
Micaiah
and
take
him
back
to
Amon
the
governor
of
the
city
and
to
Joash
the
king's
son,
18:26 and
say,
'Thus
says
the
king,
Put
this
fellow
in
prison
and
feed
him
with
meager
rations
of
bread
and
water
until
I
return
in
peace.'"
18:27 And
Micaiah
said,
"If
you
return
in
peace,
the
LORD
has
not
spoken
by
me."
And
he
said,
"Hear,
all
you
peoples!"
18:28 So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
went
up
to
Ramoth-gilead.
18:29 And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat,
"I
will
disguise
myself
and
go
into
battle,
but
you
wear
your
robes."
And
the
king
of
Israel
disguised
himself,
and
they
went
into
battle.
18:30 Now
the
king
of
Syria
had
commanded
the
captains
of
his
chariots,
"Fight
with
neither
small
nor
great,
but
only
with
the
king
of
Israel."
18:31 As
soon
as
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat,
they
said,
"It
is
the
king
of
Israel."
So
they
turned
to
fight
against
him.
And
Jehoshaphat
cried
out,
and
the
LORD
helped
him;
God
drew
them
away
from
him.
18:32 For
as
soon
as
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
that
it
was
not
the
king
of
Israel,
they
turned
back
from
pursuing
him.
18:33 But
a
certain
man
drew
his
bow
at
random
and
struck
the
king
of
Israel
between
the
scale
armor
and
the
breastplate.
Therefore
he
said
to
the
driver
of
his
chariot,
"Turn
around
and
carry
me
out
of
the
battle,
for
I
am
wounded."
18:34 And
the
battle
continued
that
day,
and
the
king
of
Israel
was
propped
up
in
his
chariot
facing
the
Syrians
until
evening.
Then
at
sunset
he
died.