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[1] They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
[2] In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
[3] The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, and don’t take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”
[4] He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
[5] Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for Yahweh’s word.”
[6] Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
[7] But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?”
[8] The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”
[9] Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
[10] Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
[11] Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’ ”
[12] All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
[13] The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good.”
[14] Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.”
[15] When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?” He answered him, “Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
[16] The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in Yahweh’s name?”
[17] He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’ ”
[18] The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
[19] Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
[20] Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another said another.
[21] A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
[22] Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’ He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ He said, ‘You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.’
[23] Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.”
[24] Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”
[25] Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
[26] The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son.
[27] Say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”
[28] Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all you people!”
[29] So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
[30] The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes.” The king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
[31] Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.”
[32] When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.
[33] When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
[34] A 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 his chariot, “Turn around, and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.”
[35] The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
[36] A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
[37] So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
[38] They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke.
[39] Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren’t they 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 place.
[41] Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
[42] Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[43] He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
[44] Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
[45] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[46] The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
[47] There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
[48] Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
[49] Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.
[50] Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
[51] Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
[52] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin.
[53] He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 22 (KJVS)

[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 persuade () [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.
[41] And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign () over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel .
[42] Jehoshaphat [was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign (); and he reigned () twenty and five years in Jerusalem . And his mother’s name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi .
[43] And he walked () in all the ways of Asa his father ; he turned not aside () from it, doing () [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD : nevertheless the high places were not taken away (); [for] the people offered () and burnt incense () yet in the high places .
[44] And Jehoshaphat made peace () with the king of Israel .
[45] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat , and his might that he shewed (), and how he warred (), [are] they not written () in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?
[46] And the remnant of the sodomites , which remained () in the days of his father Asa , he took () out of the land .
[47] [There was] then no king in Edom : a deputy () [was] king .
[48] Jehoshaphat made () (8675) ships of Tharshish to go () to Ophir for gold : but they went () not; for the ships were broken () at Eziongeber .
[49] Then said () Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat , Let my servants go () with thy servants in the ships . But Jehoshaphat would () not.
[50] And Jehoshaphat slept () with his fathers , and was buried () with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Jehoram his son reigned () in his stead.
[51] Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign () over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and reigned () two years over Israel .
[52] And he did () evil in the sight of the LORD , and walked () in the way of his father , and in the way of his mother , and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin ():
[53] For he served () Baal , and worshipped () him, and provoked to anger () the LORD God of Israel , according to all that his father had done ().

Young’s Literal Translation

1 Kings 22 (YLT)

[1] And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,
[2] and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,
[3] and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, ‘Have ye not known that ours is Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!’
[4] And he saith unto Jehoshaphat, ‘Dost thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead?’ and Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, ‘As I am, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.’
[5] And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, ‘Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;’
[6] and the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith unto them, ‘Do I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?’ and they say, ‘Go up, and the Lord doth give it into the hand of the king.’
[7] And Jehoshaphat saith, ‘Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, and we seek by him?’
[8] And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, ‘Yet-one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil-Micaiah son of Imlah;’ and Jehoshaphat saith, ‘Let not the king say so.’
[9] And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, ‘Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.’
[10] And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, in a threshing-floor, at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them.
[11] And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, ‘Thus said Jehovah, By these thou dost push the Aramaeans till they are consumed;’
[12] and all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, ‘Go up to Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given it into the hand of the king.’
[13] And the messenger who hath gone to call Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, ‘Lo, I pray thee, the words of the prophets, with one mouth, are good towards the king; let it be, I pray thee, thy word as the word of one of them-and thou hast spoken good.’
[14] And Micaiah saith, ‘Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me-it I speak.’
[15] And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, ‘Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead, to battle, or do we forbear?’ and he saith unto him, ‘Go up, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given it into the hand of the king.’
[16] And the king saith unto him, ‘How many times am I adjuring thee that thou speak nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?’
[17] And he saith, ‘I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.’
[18] And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, ‘Have I not said unto thee, He doth not prophesy of me good, but evil?’
[19] And he saith, ‘Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;
[20] and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this one saith thus, and that one is saying thus.
[21] ‘And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I-I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?
[22] and he saith, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He saith, Thou dost entice, and also thou art able; go out and do so.
[23] And now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee-evil.’
[24] And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, ‘Where is this-he hath passed over-the Spirit of Jehovah-from me to speak with thee?’
[25] And Micaiah saith, ‘Lo, thou art seeing on that day, when thou goest in to the innermost chamber to be hidden.’
[26] And the king of Israel saith, ‘Take Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,
[27] and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.’
[28] And Micaiah saith, ‘If thou at all return in peace-Jehovah hath not spoken by me;’ and he saith, ‘Hear, O peoples, all of them.’
[29] And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, to Ramoth-Gilead.
[30] And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, ‘And thou, put on thy garments.’ And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and goeth into battle.
[31] And the king of Aram commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath-thirty and two-saying, ‘Ye do not fight with small or with great, but with the king of Israel by himself.’
[32] And it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they said, ‘He is only the king of Israel;’ and they turn aside to him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out,
[33] and it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that he is not the king of Israel, that they turn back from after him.
[34] And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to his charioteer, ‘Turn thy hand, and take me out from the camp, for I have become sick.’
[35] And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king hath been caused to stand in the chariot, over-against Aram, and he dieth in the evening, and the blood of the wound runneth out unto the midst of the chariot,
[36] and he causeth the cry to pass over through the camp, at the going in of the sun, saying, ‘Each unto his city, and each unto his land.’
[37] And the king dieth, and cometh into Samaria, and they bury the king in Samaria;
[38] and one rinseth the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick his blood-when the armour they had washed-according to the word of Jehovah that He spake.
[39] And the rest of the matters of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[40] And Ahab lieth with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigneth in his stead.
[41] And Jehoshaphat son of Asa hath reigned over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel,
[42] Jehoshaphat is a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
[43] And he walketh in all the way of Asa his father, he hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah;
[44] only the high places have not turned aside, yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
[45] And Jehoshaphat maketh peace with the king of Israel;
[46] and the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he got, and with which he fought, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[47] And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;
[48] and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.
[49] Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
[50] Then said Ahaziah son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, ‘Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships;’ and Jehoshaphat was not willing.
[51] And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead.
[52] Ahaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years,
[53] and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin,