1 Reis 22 - Bíblia Online

Nu holdt de sig rolig i tre år; det var ikke nogen krig mellem Syria og Israel. 
Men i det tredje år hendte det at Josafat, Judas konge, drog ned til Israels konge. 
Da sa Israels konge til sine tjenere: Vet I ikke at Ramot i Gilead hører oss til? Og vi sitter stille og tar det ikke fra kongen i Syria! 
Og han sa til Josafat: Vil du dra med mig i krig til Ramot i Gilead? Josafat svarte Israels konge: Som du, så jeg, som ditt folk, så mitt folk, som dine hester, så mine hester. 
Og Josafat sa fremdeles til Israels konge: Søk dog først å få vite hvad Herren sier! 
Da kalte Israels konge profetene sammen; det var omkring fire hundre mann; og han spurte dem: Skal jeg dra i krig mot Ramot i Gilead, eller skal jeg la det være? De svarte: Dra op! Herren vil gi det i kongens hånd. 
Men Josafat sa: Er her ikke nogen annen Herrens profet, så vi kunde spørre Herren til råds gjennem ham? 
Israels konge svarte Josafat: Der er ennu en mann gjennem hvem vi kan spørre Herren til råds, men jeg hater ham fordi han ikke spår godt om mig, men bare ondt, det er Mika, Jimlas sønn. Josafat sa: Kongen skulde ikke si så! 
Da kalte Israels konge på en av hoffolkene og sa: Skynd dig og hent Mika, Jimlas sønn! 
Imens satt Israels konge og Josafat, Judas konge, i kongelig skrud, hver på sin trone, på en treskeplass ved inngangen til Samarias port; og alle profetene stod foran dem og fremsa sine spådommer. 
Og Sedekias, Kena'anas sønn, gjorde sig horn av jern og sa: Så sier Herren: Med disse skal du stange syrerne til du får gjort ende på dem. 
Og alle profetene spådde likedan og sa: Dra op til Ramot i Gilead! Så skal du ha lykke med dig, og Herren skal gi det i kongens hånd. 
Og budet som var gått for å tilkalle Mika, sa til ham: Profetene spår med en munn godt for kongen; la nu også dine ord stemme overens med deres og spå godt! 
Mika svarte: Så sant Herren lever: Hvad Herren sier til mig, det vil jeg tale. 
Da han nu kom til kongen, sa kongen til ham: Mika! Skal vi dra i krig til Ramot i Gilead, eller skal vi la det være? Han svarte: Dra op! Så skal du ha lykke med dig, og Herren skal gi det i kongens hånd. 
Men kongen sa til ham: Hvor mange ganger skal jeg besverge dig at du ikke skal tale annet til mig enn sannhet i Herrens navn? 
Da sa han: Jeg så hele Israel spredt utover fjellene likesom en fårehjord som ikke har hyrde; og Herren sa: Disse har ingen herre; la dem vende tilbake i fred, hver til sitt hus! 
Da sa Israels konge til Josafat: Var det ikke det jeg sa til dig: Han spår ikke godt om mig, men bare ondt? 
Men Mika sa: Så hør da Herrens ord! Jeg så Herren sitte på sin trone og hele himmelens hær stå omkring ham på hans høire og venstre side. 
Og Herren sa: Hvem vil overtale Akab til å dra op til Ramot i Gilead, så han faller der? Og den ene sa så og den annen så. 
Da gikk ånden* frem og stilte sig for Herrens åsyn og sa: Jeg skal overtale ham. Herren spurte ham: Hvorledes? / {* spådomsånden.} 
Han svarte: Jeg vil gå avsted og være en løgnens ånd i alle hans profeters munn. Da sa Herren: Ja, du skal overtale ham, og det skal også lykkes dig; gå avsted og gjør så! 
Se, nu har Herren lagt en løgnens ånd i alle disse dine profeters munn, men Herren har varslet ulykke for dig. 
Da trådte Sedekias, Kena'anas sønn, frem og slo Mika på kinnet og sa: På hvilken vei er Herrens Ånd gått over fra mig for å tale med dig? 
Mika svarte: Det skal du få se den dag du flykter fra kammer til kammer for å skjule dig. 
Da sa Israels konge: Ta Mika og før ham tilbake til byens høvedsmann Amon og til kongesønnen Joas 
og si: Så sier kongen: Sett ham i fangehuset og la ham leve på fangekost til jeg kommer uskadd hjem igjen! 
Mika sa: Kommer du uskadd hjem igjen, så har Herren ikke talt gjennem mig. Og han sa: Hør dette, I folk alle sammen! 
Så drog Israels konge og Judas konge Josafat op til Ramot i Gilead. 
Og Israels konge sa til Josafat: Jeg vil forklæ mig og så gå i striden; men ta du dine vanlige klær på! Så forklædde Israels konge sig og gikk i striden. 
Men kongen i Syria hadde befalt sine to og tretti vogn-høvedsmenn: I skal ikke stride mot nogen, hverken liten eller stor, bare mot Israels konge. 
Da nu vogn-høvedsmennene så Josafat, sa de: Dette er sikkert Israels konge. Og de vendte sig dit for å stride mot ham. Da satte Josafat i et høit rop. 
Og da vogn-høvedsmennene så at det ikke var Israels konge, vendte de sig fra ham igjen. 
Men en mann spente sin bue og skjøt på lykke og fromme og traff Israels konge mellem brynjeskjørtet og brynjen. Da sa han til sin vognstyrer: Vend om og før mig ut av hæren! Jeg er såret. 
Men striden blev stadig hårdere den dag, og kongen blev holdt opreist i vognen mot syrerne; men om aftenen døde han, og blodet av såret fløt ned i vognen. 
Og ved solens nedgang gikk der det rop gjennem leiren: Hver mann hjem til sin by og sitt land! 
Således døde kongen og blev ført til Samaria, og de begravde kongen i Samaria. 
Og da de skylte vognen i dammen ved Samaria, slikket hundene hans blod, mens skjøgene badet sig der, efter det ord som Herren hadde talt. 
Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Akab, om alt det han gjorde, og om det elfenbenshus han bygget, og om alle de byer han bygget, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike. 
Og Akab la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og hans sønn Akasja blev konge i hans sted. 
Josafat, Asas sønn, blev konge over Juda i Akabs, Israels konges fjerde år. 
Josafat var fem og tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte i Jerusalem i fem og tyve år; hans mor hette Asuba og var datter av Silhi. 
Han vandret i ett og alt på sin far Asas vei; han vek ikke fra den, men gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine. 
Dog blev offerhaugene ikke nedlagt; folket blev ved å ofre og brenne røkelse på haugene. 
Josafat holdt fred med Israels konge. 
Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Josafat, om de store gjerninger han gjorde, og om de kriger han førte, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike. 
Han utryddet også av landet de tempel-bolere som var blitt tilbake i hans far Asas dager. 
Det var dengang ingen konge i Edom; en stattholder regjerte der. 
Josafat hadde ti Tarsis-skib som skulde gå til Ofir efter gull; men de kom ikke avsted, for nogen av skibene forliste ved Esjon-Geber. 
Da sa Akasja, Akabs sønn, til Josafat: La mine folk fare med dine folk på skibene! Men Josafat vilde ikke. 
Og Josafat la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet hos sine fedre i sin far Davids stad; og hans sønn Joram blev konge i hans sted. 
Akasja, Akabs sønn, blev konge over Israel i Samaria i Josafats, Judas konges syttende år og regjerte over Israel i to år. 
Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, og vandret på sin fars og sin mors vei og på Jeroboams, Nebats sønns vei, han som fikk Israel til å synde; 
han dyrket Ba'al og tilbad ham og vakte Herrens, Israels Guds harme, aldeles som hans far hadde gjort. 

Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel. 
And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel. 
And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram. 
And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses. 
Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord. 
So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions? 
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 
Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah. 
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them. 
And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely. 
And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 
Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things. 
And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say. 
When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 
Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord? 
Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace. 
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil? 
And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left. 
And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another. 
Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. 
And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so. 
And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you. 
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you? 
And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe. 
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son; 
And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace. 
And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me. 
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. 
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight. 
Now the king of Aram had given orders to the thirty-two captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel. 
So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry. 
And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him. 
And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded. 
But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans, and the floor of the carriage was covered with the blood from his wound, and by evening he was dead. 
And about sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying, Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead. 
And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria. 
And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was the bathing-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there, as the Lord had said. 
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel? 
So Ahab was put to rest with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. 
And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel. 
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 
He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord;\ 
\22:43\but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. 
\22:44\And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 
\22:45\Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? 
\22:46\He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa. 
\22:47\At that time there was no king in Edom; 
\22:48\And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber. 
\22:49\Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them. 
\22:50\Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place. 
\22:51\Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years. 
\22:52\He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil. 
\22:53\He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done. 

2 Reis 1

Nu holdt de sig rolig i tre år; det var ikke nogen krig mellem Syria og Israel. 
Men i det tredje år hendte det at Josafat, Judas konge, drog ned til Israels konge. 
Da sa Israels konge til sine tjenere: Vet I ikke at Ramot i Gilead hører oss til? Og vi sitter stille og tar det ikke fra kongen i Syria! 
Og han sa til Josafat: Vil du dra med mig i krig til Ramot i Gilead? Josafat svarte Israels konge: Som du, så jeg, som ditt folk, så mitt folk, som dine hester, så mine hester. 
Og Josafat sa fremdeles til Israels konge: Søk dog først å få vite hvad Herren sier! 
Da kalte Israels konge profetene sammen; det var omkring fire hundre mann; og han spurte dem: Skal jeg dra i krig mot Ramot i Gilead, eller skal jeg la det være? De svarte: Dra op! Herren vil gi det i kongens hånd. 
Men Josafat sa: Er her ikke nogen annen Herrens profet, så vi kunde spørre Herren til råds gjennem ham? 
Israels konge svarte Josafat: Der er ennu en mann gjennem hvem vi kan spørre Herren til råds, men jeg hater ham fordi han ikke spår godt om mig, men bare ondt, det er Mika, Jimlas sønn. Josafat sa: Kongen skulde ikke si så! 
Da kalte Israels konge på en av hoffolkene og sa: Skynd dig og hent Mika, Jimlas sønn! 
Imens satt Israels konge og Josafat, Judas konge, i kongelig skrud, hver på sin trone, på en treskeplass ved inngangen til Samarias port; og alle profetene stod foran dem og fremsa sine spådommer. 
Og Sedekias, Kena'anas sønn, gjorde sig horn av jern og sa: Så sier Herren: Med disse skal du stange syrerne til du får gjort ende på dem. 
Og alle profetene spådde likedan og sa: Dra op til Ramot i Gilead! Så skal du ha lykke med dig, og Herren skal gi det i kongens hånd. 
Og budet som var gått for å tilkalle Mika, sa til ham: Profetene spår med en munn godt for kongen; la nu også dine ord stemme overens med deres og spå godt! 
Mika svarte: Så sant Herren lever: Hvad Herren sier til mig, det vil jeg tale. 
Da han nu kom til kongen, sa kongen til ham: Mika! Skal vi dra i krig til Ramot i Gilead, eller skal vi la det være? Han svarte: Dra op! Så skal du ha lykke med dig, og Herren skal gi det i kongens hånd. 
Men kongen sa til ham: Hvor mange ganger skal jeg besverge dig at du ikke skal tale annet til mig enn sannhet i Herrens navn? 
Da sa han: Jeg så hele Israel spredt utover fjellene likesom en fårehjord som ikke har hyrde; og Herren sa: Disse har ingen herre; la dem vende tilbake i fred, hver til sitt hus! 
Da sa Israels konge til Josafat: Var det ikke det jeg sa til dig: Han spår ikke godt om mig, men bare ondt? 
Men Mika sa: Så hør da Herrens ord! Jeg så Herren sitte på sin trone og hele himmelens hær stå omkring ham på hans høire og venstre side. 
Og Herren sa: Hvem vil overtale Akab til å dra op til Ramot i Gilead, så han faller der? Og den ene sa så og den annen så. 
Da gikk ånden* frem og stilte sig for Herrens åsyn og sa: Jeg skal overtale ham. Herren spurte ham: Hvorledes? / {* spådomsånden.} 
Han svarte: Jeg vil gå avsted og være en løgnens ånd i alle hans profeters munn. Da sa Herren: Ja, du skal overtale ham, og det skal også lykkes dig; gå avsted og gjør så! 
Se, nu har Herren lagt en løgnens ånd i alle disse dine profeters munn, men Herren har varslet ulykke for dig. 
Da trådte Sedekias, Kena'anas sønn, frem og slo Mika på kinnet og sa: På hvilken vei er Herrens Ånd gått over fra mig for å tale med dig? 
Mika svarte: Det skal du få se den dag du flykter fra kammer til kammer for å skjule dig. 
Da sa Israels konge: Ta Mika og før ham tilbake til byens høvedsmann Amon og til kongesønnen Joas 
og si: Så sier kongen: Sett ham i fangehuset og la ham leve på fangekost til jeg kommer uskadd hjem igjen! 
Mika sa: Kommer du uskadd hjem igjen, så har Herren ikke talt gjennem mig. Og han sa: Hør dette, I folk alle sammen! 
Så drog Israels konge og Judas konge Josafat op til Ramot i Gilead. 
Og Israels konge sa til Josafat: Jeg vil forklæ mig og så gå i striden; men ta du dine vanlige klær på! Så forklædde Israels konge sig og gikk i striden. 
Men kongen i Syria hadde befalt sine to og tretti vogn-høvedsmenn: I skal ikke stride mot nogen, hverken liten eller stor, bare mot Israels konge. 
Da nu vogn-høvedsmennene så Josafat, sa de: Dette er sikkert Israels konge. Og de vendte sig dit for å stride mot ham. Da satte Josafat i et høit rop. 
Og da vogn-høvedsmennene så at det ikke var Israels konge, vendte de sig fra ham igjen. 
Men en mann spente sin bue og skjøt på lykke og fromme og traff Israels konge mellem brynjeskjørtet og brynjen. Da sa han til sin vognstyrer: Vend om og før mig ut av hæren! Jeg er såret. 
Men striden blev stadig hårdere den dag, og kongen blev holdt opreist i vognen mot syrerne; men om aftenen døde han, og blodet av såret fløt ned i vognen. 
Og ved solens nedgang gikk der det rop gjennem leiren: Hver mann hjem til sin by og sitt land! 
Således døde kongen og blev ført til Samaria, og de begravde kongen i Samaria. 
Og da de skylte vognen i dammen ved Samaria, slikket hundene hans blod, mens skjøgene badet sig der, efter det ord som Herren hadde talt. 
Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Akab, om alt det han gjorde, og om det elfenbenshus han bygget, og om alle de byer han bygget, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike. 
Og Akab la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og hans sønn Akasja blev konge i hans sted. 
Josafat, Asas sønn, blev konge over Juda i Akabs, Israels konges fjerde år. 
Josafat var fem og tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte i Jerusalem i fem og tyve år; hans mor hette Asuba og var datter av Silhi. 
Han vandret i ett og alt på sin far Asas vei; han vek ikke fra den, men gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine. 
Dog blev offerhaugene ikke nedlagt; folket blev ved å ofre og brenne røkelse på haugene. 
Josafat holdt fred med Israels konge. 
Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Josafat, om de store gjerninger han gjorde, og om de kriger han førte, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike. 
Han utryddet også av landet de tempel-bolere som var blitt tilbake i hans far Asas dager. 
Det var dengang ingen konge i Edom; en stattholder regjerte der. 
Josafat hadde ti Tarsis-skib som skulde gå til Ofir efter gull; men de kom ikke avsted, for nogen av skibene forliste ved Esjon-Geber. 
Da sa Akasja, Akabs sønn, til Josafat: La mine folk fare med dine folk på skibene! Men Josafat vilde ikke. 
Og Josafat la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet hos sine fedre i sin far Davids stad; og hans sønn Joram blev konge i hans sted. 
Akasja, Akabs sønn, blev konge over Israel i Samaria i Josafats, Judas konges syttende år og regjerte over Israel i to år. 
Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, og vandret på sin fars og sin mors vei og på Jeroboams, Nebats sønns vei, han som fikk Israel til å synde; 
han dyrket Ba'al og tilbad ham og vakte Herrens, Israels Guds harme, aldeles som hans far hadde gjort. 

Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel. 
And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel. 
And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram. 
And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses. 
Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord. 
So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions? 
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 
Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah. 
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them. 
And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely. 
And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 
Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things. 
And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say. 
When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 
Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord? 
Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace. 
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil? 
And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left. 
And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another. 
Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. 
And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so. 
And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you. 
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you? 
And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe. 
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son; 
And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace. 
And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me. 
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. 
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight. 
Now the king of Aram had given orders to the thirty-two captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel. 
So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry. 
And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him. 
And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded. 
But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans, and the floor of the carriage was covered with the blood from his wound, and by evening he was dead. 
And about sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying, Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead. 
And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria. 
And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was the bathing-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there, as the Lord had said. 
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel? 
So Ahab was put to rest with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. 
And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel. 
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 
He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord;\ 
\22:43\but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. 
\22:44\And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 
\22:45\Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? 
\22:46\He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa. 
\22:47\At that time there was no king in Edom; 
\22:48\And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber. 
\22:49\Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them. 
\22:50\Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place. 
\22:51\Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years. 
\22:52\He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil. 
\22:53\He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done. 

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