I Kings 22

3And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Are you ignorant that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and that we have neglected to take it from the hand of the king of Syria?”

Deuteronomy 4:43, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 21:38, 1 Kings 4:13, Joshua 21:38

4And so he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you come to the battle with me at Ramoth Gilead?”

2 Kings 3:7, 2 Kings 3:7, Ephesians 5:11, Ephesians 5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:33

5And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel: “As I am, so also are you. My people and your people are one. And my horsemen are your horsemen.” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I beg you to inquire today of the word of the Lord.”

Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, 2 Chronicles 18:4

6Therefore, the king of Israel gathered together the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to make war, or should I be at peace?” They responded, “Ascend, and the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:19, Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 23:17, Jeremiah 23:14

7Then Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a particular prophet of the Lord, so that we may inquire by him?”

2 Chronicles 18:6, 2 Chronicles 18:7, 2 Kings 3:11, 2 Kings 3:13, 2 Chronicles 18:6

8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “One man remains, by whom we may be able to inquire of the Lord: Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him. For he does not prophecy good to me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “You should not speak in this way, O king.”

Amos 5:10, John 17:14, John 3:19, John 3:21, John 7:7

9Therefore, the king of Israel called a certain eunuch, and he said to him, “Hurry to bring here Micaiah, the son of Imlah.”

2 Chronicles 18:8, Daniel 1:18, 1 Kings 22:26, 1 Kings 22:27, 2 Kings 9:32

10Now the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were each sitting upon his own throne, clothed in the habit of royal vestments, in a courtyard beside the entrance of the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets were prophesying in their sight.

2 Chronicles 18:9, 2 Chronicles 18:11, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16, Matthew 11:8

11Also, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made for himself horns of iron, and he said, “Thus says the Lord: With these, you shall threaten Syria, until you destroy it.”

Zechariah 1:18, Zechariah 1:21, Zechariah 1:18, Zechariah 1:21, Deuteronomy 33:17

12And all the prophets were prophesying similarly, saying: “Ascend to Ramoth Gilead, and go forth to success. For the Lord will deliver it into the hands of the king.”

2 Chronicles 35:22, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:32, 1 Kings 22:36

13Then truly, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying: “Behold, the words of the prophets, as if with one mouth, are predicting good to the king. Therefore, let your word be like theirs, and speak what is good.”

Psalms 50:21, Micah 2:6, Micah 2:7, Amos 7:13, Amos 7:17

14But Micaiah said to him, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak.”

Numbers 24:13, Numbers 24:13, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 22:18, Galatians 1:10

15And so he went to the king. And the king said to him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead to do battle, or should we cease?” And he responded to him, “Ascend, and go forth to success, and the Lord will deliver it into the hands of the king.”

2 Kings 3:13, Judges 10:14, Matthew 26:45, Ecclesiastes 11:9, 1 Kings 18:27

16But the king said to him, “I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 14:24, Jeremiah 42:3, Jeremiah 42:6, Mark 5:7, Acts 19:13

17And he said: “I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.’ ”

Numbers 27:17, Matthew 9:36, Numbers 27:17, Matthew 9:36, 1 Kings 22:34

18Therefore, the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “Did I not tell you that he prophesies nothing good to me, but always evil?”

1 Kings 22:8, 1 Kings 22:8, Proverbs 29:1, Luke 11:45, Proverbs 27:22

19Yet truly, continuing, he said: “Because of his, listen to the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne. And the entire army of heaven was standing beside him, to the right and to the left.

Job 2:1, Job 2:1, Job 1:6, Job 1:6, Daniel 7:9

20And the Lord said, ‘Who will mislead Ahab, the king of Israel, so that he may ascend and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And one spoke words in this manner, and another spoke otherwise.

Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 14:9, Job 12:16, Job 12:16, Jeremiah 4:10

21But then a spirit went out and stood before the Lord. And he said, ‘I will mislead him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’

Job 1:6, Job 1:7, Job 2:1, 1 Kings 22:23, Job 1:6

22And he said, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive him, and you will prevail. Go forth, and do so.’

Judges 9:23, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Samuel 16:14

23So now, behold: the Lord has given a lying spirit into the mouth of all your prophets who are here. And the Lord has spoken evil against you.”

Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 14:9, Matthew 24:24, Matthew 24:25, Matthew 24:24

24Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, drew near and struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said, “So then, has the Spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to you?”

Acts 23:2, Acts 23:2, Micah 5:1, Lamentations 3:30, Micah 5:1

25And Micaiah said, “You shall see in the day when you will enter into a room within a room, so that you may conceal yourself.”

1 Kings 20:30, 1 Kings 20:30, 2 Peter 2:1, Revelation 19:20, 2 Peter 2:1

26And the king of Israel said: “Take Micaiah, and let him dwell with Amon, the ruler of the city, and with Joash, the son of Amalech.

27And tell them: ‘Thus says the king: Put this man in prison, and sustain him with the bread of affliction, and with the water of distress, until I return in peace.’ ”

2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 18:25, 2 Chronicles 18:27, 2 Chronicles 18:25

28And Micaiah said, “If you will have returned in peace, the Lord has not spoken through me.” And he said, “May all the people hear it.”

Numbers 16:29, Micah 1:2, Numbers 16:29, Micah 1:2, Acts 13:10

29And so, the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, ascended to Ramoth Gilead.

1 Kings 22:2, 1 Kings 22:9, 2 Chronicles 18:28, 1 Kings 22:2, 1 Kings 22:9

30Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “Take up your armor, and enter the battle. And be clothed in your own garments.” But the king of Israel changed his clothing, and he entered the war.

2 Chronicles 35:22, 2 Chronicles 35:22, Jeremiah 23:24, 1 Samuel 28:8, Jeremiah 23:24

31Now the king of Syria had instructed the thirty-two commanders of the chariots, saying, “You shall not fight against anyone, small or great, except against the king of Israel alone.”

1 Kings 20:24, 1 Kings 20:24, 2 Chronicles 18:30, 2 Chronicles 18:30, Jeremiah 16:6

32Therefore, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel. And making a violent assault, they fought against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out.

Proverbs 13:20, Jonah 2:1, Jonah 2:2, Proverbs 13:20, Jonah 2:1

33And the commanders of the chariots understood that he was not the king of Israel, and so they turned away from him.

Psalms 76:10, Psalms 76:10, 1 Kings 22:31, 1 Kings 22:31

34But a certain man bent his bow, aiming the arrow without certitude, and by chance he struck the king of Israel, between the lungs and the stomach. Then he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me away from the army, for I have been grievously wounded.”

2 Chronicles 35:23, 2 Chronicles 35:23, Micah 6:13, Micah 6:13, 1 Samuel 17:49

35Then the battle was undertaken throughout that day. And the king of Israel was standing on his chariot opposite the Syrians, and he died in the evening. For the blood was flowing from the wound into the joints of the chariot.

1 Kings 22:28, 1 Kings 22:28, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 20:42

36And a herald proclaimed throughout the entire army, before the setting of the sun, saying: “Let each one return to his own city, and to his own land.”

2 Kings 14:12, 2 Kings 14:12, Judges 21:24, 1 Kings 12:16, 1 Samuel 4:10

37Then the king died, and he was carried into Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.

38And they washed his chariot in the pool of Samaria. And the dogs licked up his blood. And they washed the reins, in accord with the word of the Lord which he had spoken.

1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:19, Matthew 24:35, Matthew 24:35, Isaiah 44:25

39But the rest of the words of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he built, and all the cities that he constructed, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

Amos 3:15, Amos 3:15, 1 Kings 10:18, 1 Kings 15:31, 1 Kings 16:5

40And so, Ahab slept with his fathers. And Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his place.

2 Kings 1:17, 2 Kings 1:2, Deuteronomy 31:16, 1 Kings 22:51, 2 Samuel 7:12

41Yet truly, Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, had begun to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, the king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:31, 2 Chronicles 20:31, 2 Chronicles 17:1, 1 Chronicles 3:10, 1 Kings 22:2

42He was thirty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Kings 1:17, 2 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 14:21, 1 Kings 15:10, 1 Kings 15:2

43And he walked in the entire way of Asa, his father, and he did not decline from it. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 12:3, Proverbs 4:27

44Yet truly, he did not take away the high places. For still the people were sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

2 Kings 8:18, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Kings 22:2, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Chronicles 19:2

45And Jehoshaphat had peace with the king of Israel.

1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 11:41, 2 Chronicles 20:34, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 11:41

46But the rest of the words of Jehoshaphat, and his works that he did, and the battles, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

1 Kings 15:12, 1 Kings 14:24, 1 Kings 15:12, 1 Kings 14:24, Deuteronomy 23:17

47Then, too, the remnant of the effeminate, who had remained in the days of Asa, his father, he took away from the land.

2 Samuel 8:14, 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Samuel 8:14, 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Kings 8:20

48At that time, there was no king appointed in Idumea.

1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 9:28

49Yet truly, king Jehoshaphat had made a navy on the sea, which would sail to Ophir for gold. But they were unable to go, because the ships were broken down at Eziongeber.

50Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants on the ships.” But Jehoshaphat was not willing.

2 Chronicles 21:1, 2 Chronicles 21:1, 1 Kings 14:31, 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Kings 8:16

51And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his place.

1 Kings 22:40, 2 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 15:25, 1 Kings 22:40, 2 Kings 1:17

52Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel, in Samaria, in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel for two years.

1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 16:30

53And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:32, 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:32, Ezekiel 8:3

54Also, he served Baal, and he adored him, and he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, in accord with all that his father had done.

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