1And Iehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, but he was ioyned in affinitie with Ahab.

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2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Kings 8:18

2And after certaine yeeres he went downe to Ahab to Samaria: and Ahab slew sheepe and oxen for him in great nomber, and for the people that he had with him, and entised him to goe vp vnto Ramoth Gilead.

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2 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 1:9, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 1:9

3And Ahab King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Wilt thou goe with mee to Ramoth Gilead? And hee answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and wee will ioyne with thee in the warre.

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2 Kings 3:7, 1 Kings 22:4, 2 Kings 3:7, 1 Kings 22:4, Ephesians 5:11

4And Iehoshaphat sayde vnto the King of Israel, Aske counsel, I pray thee, at the worde of the Lord this day.

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Jeremiah 21:2, Jeremiah 21:2, 1 Samuel 23:4, 2 Samuel 5:19, 1 Samuel 23:2

5Therefore the King of Israel gathered of Prophets foure hundreth men, and sayde vnto them, Shall we goe to Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shall I cease? And they sayd, Go vp: for God shall deliuer it into the Kings hand.

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2 Chronicles 18:20, 2 Chronicles 18:21, Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 28:17, 2 Kings 3:13

6But Iehoshaphat sayde, Is there heere neuer a Prophet more of the Lord that wee might inquire of him?

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2 Kings 3:11, 2 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 22:9, 2 Kings 3:11

7And the King of Israel sayd vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whome wee may aske counsell of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophesie good vnto me, but alway euil: it is Michaiah the sonne of Imla. Then Iehoshaphat said, Let not the King say so.

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Micah 2:7, Amos 5:10, Micah 2:7, Amos 5:10, 1 Kings 21:20

8And the King of Israel called an eunuche, and said, Call quickly Michaiah the sonne of Imla.

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1 Samuel 8:15, 2 Chronicles 18:25, 2 Chronicles 18:26, 1 Kings 22:9, Isaiah 39:7

9And the King of Israel, and Iehoshaphat King of Iudah sate either of them on his throne clothed in their apparel: they sate euen in the threshing floore at the entring in of the gate of Samaria: and all the Prophets prophesied before them.

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Daniel 7:9, 2 Chronicles 18:29, 1 Kings 22:10, 1 Kings 22:12, Matthew 6:29

10And Zidkiah ye sonne of Chenaanah made him hornes of yron, and sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Aramites vntill thou hast consumed them.

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2 Timothy 3:8, Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 23:25, Ezekiel 22:28, Ezekiel 13:7

11And all the Prophets prophesied so, saying, Go vp to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliuer it into the hand of the King.

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Proverbs 24:24, Proverbs 24:25, 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Peter 2:3, Revelation 19:20

12And the messenger that went to call Michaiah, spake to him, saying, Beholde, the wordes of the Prophets declare good to the King with one accord: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speake thou good.

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Joshua 9:2, Amos 7:13, Micah 2:11, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:16

13And Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer my God saith, that will I speake.

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Numbers 22:35, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 24:13

14So he came to the King, and the King said vnto him, Michaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shall I leaue off? And he said, Goe yee vp, and prosper, and they shalbe deliuered into your hand.

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1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 18:27, Matthew 26:45, Lamentations 4:21, Ecclesiastes 11:1

15And the King sayd to him, Howe oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell mee nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord?

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Acts 19:13, Matthew 26:63, Mark 5:7, 1 Kings 22:16, 1 Samuel 14:24

16Then he said, I saw al Israel scattered in the mountaines, as sheepe that haue no shepheard: and the Lord sayd, These haue no Master: let them returne euery man to his house in peace.

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Matthew 9:36, Matthew 9:36, Mark 6:34, Ezekiel 34:8, 1 Kings 22:17

17And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would not prophesie good vnto me, but euill?

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1 Kings 22:18, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 43:3, 2 Chronicles 18:7, Proverbs 29:1

18Againe hee saide, Therefore heare ye the worde of the Lord: I sawe the Lord sit vpon his throne, and all the hoste of heauen standing at his right hand, and at his left.

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Daniel 7:9, Daniel 7:9, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 6:1

19And the Lord sayd, Who shall perswade Ahab King of Israel, that he may go vp, and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one spake and said thus, and another said that.

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2 Thessalonians 2:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, Isaiah 54:16, 2 Chronicles 25:8, Ezekiel 14:9

20Then there came forth a spirit and stoode before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him. And the Lord said vnto him, Wherein?

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Job 1:6, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, 2 Corinthians 11:13, 2 Corinthians 11:15

21And he saide, I will goe out, and bee a false spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets. And hee said, Thou shalt perswade, and shalt also preuaile: goe forth and do so.

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John 8:44, John 8:44, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:5, 1 John 4:6

22Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a false spirit in the mouth of these thy Prophets, and the Lord hath determined euill against thee.

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Ezekiel 14:9, Isaiah 19:14, Ezekiel 14:9, Isaiah 19:14, Job 12:16

23Then Zidkiah the sonne of Chenaanah came neere, and smote Michaiah vpon the cheeke, and sayde, By what way went the Spirit of the Lord from me, to speake with thee?

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Mark 14:65, Jeremiah 20:2, Mark 14:65, Jeremiah 20:2, Matthew 26:67

24And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see that day when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.

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Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 29:22, Jeremiah 29:32, Isaiah 26:20, 1 Kings 20:30

25And the King of Israel sayde, Take ye Michaiah, and cary him to Amon the gouernour of the citie, and to Ioash the Kings sonne,

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2 Chronicles 18:8, 2 Chronicles 18:8, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:7, 2 Chronicles 34:8

26And say, Thus saith the King, Put this man in the prison house, and feede him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction vntil I returne in peace.

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2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Psalms 10:5, Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 20:3

27And Michaiah said, If thou returne in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he saide, Heare, all ye people.

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Amos 9:10, Mark 7:14, Micah 1:2, Numbers 16:29, Matthew 15:10

28So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

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1 Kings 22:29, 1 Kings 22:33, 1 Kings 22:29, 1 Kings 22:33

29And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, I will change my selfe, and enter into the battel: but put thou on thine apparel. So the King of Israel changed himselfe, and they went into the battel.

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1 Samuel 28:8, 1 Samuel 28:8, 1 Kings 20:38, 2 Chronicles 35:22, 2 Chronicles 35:23

30And the King of Aram had commanded the captaines of the charets that were with him, saying, Fight you not with small, nor great, but against the King of Israel onely.

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1 Kings 20:42, Deuteronomy 1:17, Genesis 19:11, 1 Kings 20:33, 1 Kings 20:34

31And when the captaines of the charets saw Iehoshaphat, they sayde, It is the King of Israel: and they compassed about him to fight. But Iehoshaphat cryed, and the Lord helped him and moued them to depart from him.

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2 Chronicles 13:14, 2 Chronicles 13:14, Psalms 118:13, Psalms 118:13, Psalms 94:17

32For when the captaines of the charets saw that hee was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

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1 Kings 22:33, 1 Kings 22:33

33Then a certaine man drewe a bowe mightily, and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioyntes of his brigandine: Therefore he saide to his charetman, Turne thine hand, and carie mee out of the host: for I am hurt.

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2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 22:34, 1 Kings 22:35, 2 Chronicles 35:23, 2 Samuel 15:11

34And the battel increased that day: and the King of Israel stood still in his charet against the Aramites vntil euen, and dyed at the time of the sunne going downe.

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Proverbs 13:21, Proverbs 13:21, 2 Chronicles 18:16, 2 Chronicles 18:27, Numbers 32:23