1 Kings 22

1 Kings Chapter 22 KJV

1Ahab persuadeth Jehoshaphat to go with him against Ramoth-gilead. 5Jehoshaphat proposing to enquire of the Lord, the false prophets assure Ahab of success. 7At Jehoshaphat's request Micaiah is sent for: 15who foretelleth Ahab's death, and sheweth that his false prophets were possessed by a lying spirit. 24He is ill treated, and sent to prison. 29Ahab goeth in disguise to the battle. 31Jehoshaphat being mistaken for Ahab narrowly escapeth being slain. 34Ahab is killed by an arrow shot at a venture: the people are dispersed by proclamation. 37Dogs lick up Ahab's blood, according to Elijah's prophecy. 39The acts of Ahab, who is succeeded by Ahaziah. 41Jehoshaphat's good reign: his acts. 50Jehoshaphat dieth, and is succeeded by Jehoram. 51Ahaziah's wicked reign.
1 And they continued 1three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 And it 1came to pass in the third year, that 2Jehoshaphat the 3king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that 1Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be astill, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, 1Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, 1Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the 1prophets 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; 2for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, 1Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?
8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet 1one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may 2enquire of the Lord: but 3I hate him; for he doth not prophesy 4good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Then the king of Israel called an aofficer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having 1put on their robes, in a avoid place in the entrance of the gate of 2Samaria; and all the prophets 3prophesied before them.
11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him 1horns of iron: and he said, 2Thus saith the Lord, With these 3shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
12 And all the prophets prophesied so, 1saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hand.
13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the 1words 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.
14 And Micaiah said, As 1the Lord liveth, what 2the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
15 ¶ So 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, 1Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I 1adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?
17 And he said, 1I saw all Israel 2scattered upon the hills, 3as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did 1I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord 1sitting on his throne, and all the 2host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
20 And the Lord said, Who shall apersuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
21 And there came 1forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
22 And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I 1will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou 2shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
23 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.
24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and 1smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go ainto ban inner chamber to hide thyself.
26 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;
27 And say, Thus saith the king, 1Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with 2bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
28 And Micaiah said, 1If thou return at all in peace, 2the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, 3Hearken, O people, every one of you.
29 So 1the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, aI will 1disguise myself, and enter into the battle; 2but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his 1thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, 2Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
32 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 1turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat 2cried out.
33 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.
34 And a certain man drew a bow aat a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the bjoints 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 cwounded.
35 And 1the battle aincreased 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 bmidst of the chariot.
36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, 1Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
37 ¶ So the king died, and awas brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; 1according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.
39 Now 1the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the 2ivory 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?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41 ¶ And 1Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned 1twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his 2mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he 1walked 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 2the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
44 And Jehoshaphat 1made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now 1the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written 2in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And the 1remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
47 there was then 1no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat amade ships of Tharshish 1to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at 2Ezion-geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But 1Jehoshaphat would not.
50 ¶ And Jehoshaphat 1slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 ¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned 1two years over Israel.
52 And he 1did 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, 2who made Israel to sin:
53 For he served 1Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
1 Kings 22