1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.stylus2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Kings 8:182And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.stylus2 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 1:9, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 1:93Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”stylus2 Kings 3:7, 1 Kings 22:4, 2 Kings 3:7, 1 Kings 22:4, Ephesians 5:114But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”stylusJeremiah 21:2, Jeremiah 21:2, 1 Samuel 23:4, 2 Samuel 5:19, 1 Samuel 23:25So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”stylus2 Chronicles 18:20, 2 Chronicles 18:21, Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 28:17, 2 Kings 3:136But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”stylus2 Kings 3:11, 2 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 22:9, 2 Kings 3:117The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.stylusMicah 2:7, Amos 5:10, Micah 2:7, Amos 5:10, 1 Kings 21:208So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”stylus1 Samuel 8:15, 2 Chronicles 18:25, 2 Chronicles 18:26, 1 Kings 22:9, Isaiah 39:79Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.stylusDaniel 7:9, 2 Chronicles 18:29, 1 Kings 22:10, 1 Kings 22:12, Matthew 6:2910Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”stylus2 Timothy 3:8, Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 23:25, Ezekiel 22:28, Ezekiel 13:711And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”stylusProverbs 24:24, Proverbs 24:25, 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Peter 2:3, Revelation 19:2012Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”stylusJoshua 9:2, Amos 7:13, Micah 2:11, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:1613But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”stylusNumbers 22:35, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 24:1314When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be given into your hand.”stylus1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 18:27, Matthew 26:45, Lamentations 4:21, Ecclesiastes 11:115But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”stylusActs 19:13, Matthew 26:63, Mark 5:7, 1 Kings 22:16, 1 Samuel 14:2416So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”stylusMatthew 9:36, Matthew 9:36, Mark 6:34, Ezekiel 34:8, 1 Kings 22:1717Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”stylus1 Kings 22:18, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 43:3, 2 Chronicles 18:7, Proverbs 29:118Micaiah continued, “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 and on His left.stylusDaniel 7:9, Daniel 7:9, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 6:119And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.stylus2 Thessalonians 2:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, Isaiah 54:16, 2 Chronicles 25:8, Ezekiel 14:920Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.stylusJob 1:6, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, 2 Corinthians 11:13, 2 Corinthians 11:1521And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’stylusJohn 8:44, John 8:44, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:5, 1 John 4:622So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”stylusEzekiel 14:9, Isaiah 19:14, Ezekiel 14:9, Isaiah 19:14, Job 12:1623Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”stylusMark 14:65, Jeremiah 20:2, Mark 14:65, Jeremiah 20:2, Matthew 26:6724Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”stylusJeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 29:22, Jeremiah 29:32, Isaiah 26:20, 1 Kings 20:3025And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,stylus2 Chronicles 18:8, 2 Chronicles 18:8, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:7, 2 Chronicles 34:826and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”stylus2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Psalms 10:5, Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 20:327But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”stylusAmos 9:10, Mark 7:14, Micah 1:2, Numbers 16:29, Matthew 15:1028So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.stylus1 Kings 22:29, 1 Kings 22:33, 1 Kings 22:29, 1 Kings 22:3329And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.stylus1 Samuel 28:8, 1 Samuel 28:8, 1 Kings 20:38, 2 Chronicles 35:22, 2 Chronicles 35:2330Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”stylus1 Kings 20:42, Deuteronomy 1:17, Genesis 19:11, 1 Kings 20:33, 1 Kings 20:3431When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.stylus2 Chronicles 13:14, 2 Chronicles 13:14, Psalms 118:13, Psalms 118:13, Psalms 94:1732And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.stylus1 Kings 22:33, 1 Kings 22:3333However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”stylus2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 22:34, 1 Kings 22:35, 2 Chronicles 35:23, 2 Samuel 15:1134The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.stylusProverbs 13:21, Proverbs 13:21, 2 Chronicles 18:16, 2 Chronicles 18:27, Numbers 32:23