II Chronicles 18

1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.

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

2After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.

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

3Ahab 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, and my people as your people. We will be with you in the war."

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

4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the Lord."

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

5Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" They said, "Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king."

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

6But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we may inquire of him?"

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

7The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla." Jehoshaphat said, "Do not let the king say so."

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

8Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, "Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly."

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

9Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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

10Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus says the Lord, 'With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.'"

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

11All the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."

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

12The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good."

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

13Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what my God says, that will I speak."

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

14When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" He said, "Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand."

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

15The king said to him, "How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?"

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

16He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The Lord said, 'These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.'"

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

17The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

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

18Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

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

19The Lord said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

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

20A spirit came out, stood before the Lord, and said, 'I will entice him.' "The Lord said to him, 'How?'

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

21"He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' "He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'

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

22"Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the Lord has pronounced disaster concerning you."

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

23Then 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?"

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

24Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner room to hide yourself."

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

25The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

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

26and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."'"

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

27Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, you peoples, all of you!"

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

28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

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

29The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.

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

30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel."

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

31It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

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

32It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

1 Kings 22:33, 1 Kings 22:33

33A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded."

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

34The battle increased that day. However the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and about the time of the going down of the sun, he died.

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

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