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                                     1Kings


                                   Chapter 22


  1. And they continued three years without war between Syria and
     Israel.

  2. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the
     king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

  3. And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that
     Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not
     out of the hand of the king of Syria?

  4. And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle
     to Ramothgilead? 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, Enquire, I
     pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

  6. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
     about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go
     against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they
     said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of
     the king.

  7. And Jehoshaphat said, Is 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
     one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of
     the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good
     concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the
     king say so.

  9. Then the king of Israel called an officer, 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 put on their robes, in a void
     place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the
     prophets prophesied before them.

 11. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron:
     and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push
     the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

 12. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
     Ramothgilead, 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 words 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 the LORD liveth, what the 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 Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we
     forbear? And he answered him, Go, 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 adjure
     thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the
     name of the LORD?

 17. And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as
     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 I 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 sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven
     standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

 20. And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go
     up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner,
     and another said on that manner.

 21. And there came forth 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 will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
     his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persude 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 smote
     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 into an 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, Put this fellow in the prison,
     and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
     affliction, until I come in peace.

 28. And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD
     hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every
     one of you.

 29. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
     up to Ramothgilead.

 30. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will
     disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but 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 thirty and two captains
     that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight 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 turned aside to fight against him: and
     Jehoshaphat cried 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 at a venture, and smote the
     king of Israel between the joints 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 wounded.

 35. And the battle increased 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 midst of the
     chariot.

 36. And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the
     going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and
     every man to his own country.

 37. So the king died, and was 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;
     according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

 39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and
     the ivory 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.