2 Chronicles 18
Revised Geneva Translation
18 And Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance. And he became the son-in-law of Ahab.
2 And after some years, he went down to Ahab, to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and bulls for him in great number, and for the people that he had with him, and enticed him to go up to Ramoth Gilead.
3 And Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?” And he answered him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people. And we will join with you in the war.”
4 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please ask counsel from the Word of the LORD this day.”
5 Therefore, the king of Israel gathered four hundred men of Prophets, and said to them, “Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I cease?” And they said, “Go up! For God shall deliver it into the king’s hand.”
6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not one more Prophet of the LORD here, that we might inquire of him?”
7 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD. But I hate him. For he does not Prophesy good to me, but always misery. It is Michaiah, the son of Imla.” Then Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
8 And the king of Israel called a eunuch, and said, “Call Michaiah, the son of Imla, quickly.”
9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, each sat on his throne clothed in their apparel. They sat in the threshing floor at the entering in of the gate of Samaria. And all the Prophets prophesied before them.
10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘With these you shall push the Aramites until you have consumed them.”
11 And all the Prophets prophesied the same, saying, “Go up in Ramoth Gilead, and prosper. For the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”
12 And the messenger who went to call Michaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the Words of the Prophets declare good to the king in agreement. Therefore, let your word be like one of theirs, please, and speak good.
13 And Michaiah said, “As the LORD lives, whatever my God says, that will I speak.”
14 So, he came to the king. And the king said to him, “Michaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he said, “Go up, and prosper. And they shall be delivered into your hand.”
15 And the king said to him, “How often shall I charge you to tell me nothing but the truth in the Name of the LORD?”
16 Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered in the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let every man return to his house in peace.’”
17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not Prophesy good to me, but misery?”
18 Again he said, “Therefore, hear the Word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sit upon His throne, and all the host of Heaven standing at His right Hand, and at His left.
19 “And the LORD said: ‘Who shall persuade Ahab, king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And one spoke and said this, and another said that.
20 “Then there came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ And the LORD said to him, ‘How?’
21 “And he said, ‘I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets.’ And He said, ‘You shall persuade, and shall also prevail. Go forth and do so.’
22 “Now, therefore, behold. The LORD has put a false spirit in the mouth of these your Prophets. And the LORD has determined misery against you.”
23 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and struck Michaiah upon the cheek, and said, “By what way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak with you?”
24 And Michaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go from chamber to chamber to hide yourself.”
25 And the king of Israel said, “Take Michaiah and carry him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,
26 and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in the prison house and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”’”
27 And Michaiah said, “If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you people!”
28 So, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead.
29 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and enter into the battle. But you put on your garments.” So, the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.
30 And the king of Aram had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, “Do not fight with small nor great, but against the king of Israel only.”
31 And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel!” And they surrounded him to fight. But Jehoshaphat cried. And the LORD helped him and moved them to depart from him.
32 For when the captains of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from him.
33 Then, a certain man drew a bow mightily and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. Therefore, he said to his chariotman, “Turn your hand and carry me out of the camp; for I am hurt.”
34 And the battle increased that day. And the king of Israel stood still in his chariot against the Aramites until evening and died at the time of the Sun going down.
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