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 Ramoth-gilead? 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 Ramoth-gilead 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 Ramoth-gilead, 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 Ramoth-gilead 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 Ramoth-gilead? 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 Ramoth-gilead. 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 ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 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.

1 亚兰人和以色列人之间， 连续三年没有战争。

2 到了第三年， 犹大王约沙法下去见以色列王。

3 以色列王对他的臣仆说： "你们知道吗？基列的拉末原属于我们， 我们怎可静坐不动， 不把它从亚兰王的手中夺回来呢？"

4 亚哈问约沙法： "你肯与我一起到基列的拉末去作战吗？"约沙法回答以色列王： "你我不分彼此， 我的人民就像是你的人民， 我的战马就像是你的战马。"

5 约沙法又对以色列王说： "现在请你先求问耶和华。"

6 于是以色列王把众先知聚集了来， 约有四百人， 问他们： "我可以去攻打基列的拉末吗？或是应当忍耐不去呢？"他们说： "你可以上去， 主必把那城交在王的手里。"

7 约沙法说： "这里不是还有耶和华的先知， 我们可以求问他吗？"

8 以色列王对约沙法说： "还有一个人， 我们可以托他求问耶和华。不过我憎恨他， 因为他对我说的预言， 都是凶话， 不是吉话。这人就是音拉的儿子米该雅。"但约沙法说： "请王不要这么说。"

9 于是王召了一位太监来， 说： "快去把音拉的儿子米该雅召来！ "

10 以色列王和犹大王约沙法穿着朝服， 在撒玛利亚城门口的广场上， 各人坐在自己的王位上； 所有的先知都在他们面前说预言。

11 基拿拿的儿子西底家做了些铁角， 说： "耶和华这样说： ‘你要用这些铁角抵触亚兰人， 直到把他们完全消灭。’"

12 所有的先知也都这样预言说： "你可以上基列的拉末去， 必得胜利！ 因为耶和华必把那城交在王的手里。"

13 那去召米该雅的使者对米该雅说： "看哪， 这里的众先知都异口同声地对王说吉话， 请你与他们一样说吉话。"

14 米该雅说： "我指着永活的耶和华起誓， 耶和华吩咐我什么， 我就说什么。"

15 米该雅来到王那里的时候， 王就问他： "米该雅啊， 我们可以到基列的拉末去作战吗？或是要忍耐不去呢？"米该雅回答亚哈： "你可以上去， 必得胜利， 因为耶和华必把那城交在王的手里！ "

16 王对他说： "我要嘱咐你多少次， 你才奉耶和华的名对我只说真话呢？"

17 米该雅说： "我看见以色列人四散在山上， 好像没有牧人的羊群一样； 耶和华说： ‘这些人没有主人， 使他们平平安安各自回家吧！ ’"

18 以色列王对约沙法说： "我不是告诉过你， 这人对我说的预言， 总不说吉话， 只说凶话吗？"

19 米该雅说： "因此， 你要听耶和华的话； 我看见耶和华坐在他的宝座上， 天上的万军都侍立在他的左右。

20 耶和华说： ‘谁去引诱亚哈， 使他上基列的拉末阵亡呢？’有说这样的， 有说那样的。

21 后来有一个灵出来， 站在耶和华面前， 说： ‘我去引诱他。’耶和华问他： ‘你用什么方法呢？’

22 他回答： ‘我要出去， 在亚哈所有先知的口中， 作说谎的灵。’耶和华说： ‘你可以去引诱他， 你也必能成功， 你去这样行吧！ ’

23 现在， 耶和华已经把说谎的灵放在你这些先知的口中， 耶和华已经命定灾祸临到你。"

24 基拿拿的儿子西底家近前来， 打米该雅的脸颊说： "耶和华的灵怎样离开了我， 去与你说话呢？"

25 米该雅说： "你进密室躲藏的那一天， 就必看见了。"

26 以色列王说： "把米该雅带回去， 交给市长亚们和王的儿子约阿施，

27 说： ‘王这样吩咐： 把这人囚在监里， 少给他食物和水， 直到我平平安安回来。’"

28 米该雅说： "如果你真的可以平平安安回来， 那么耶和华就没有借着我说话了。"他又说： "众民啊， 你们都要听。"

29 于是， 以色列王和犹大王约沙法上基列的拉末去了。

30 以色列王对约沙法说： "我要改装上战场去了； 你可以仍穿自己的朝服。"于是以色列王改装到战场去了。

31 亚兰王曾经嘱咐他的三十二个战车长说： "无论大小将兵， 你们都不要与他们争战， 只要与以色列王争战。"

32 战车长们看见约沙法的时候， 就说： "这人必是以色列王。"他们就转过去与他争战， 约沙法便喊叫起来。

33 战车长们一见他不是以色列王， 就转回来， 不追赶他了。

34 有一个人随便射了一箭， 竟射中了以色列王铁甲与护胸甲之间的地方。王对驾车的说： "你把车转过来， 载我离开战场吧！ 我受了重伤。"

35 那一天战争不断升级， 有人扶着王站在车上抵挡亚兰人。到了黄昏， 王就死了； 血从伤口流到战车的底下去。

36 约在日落的时候， 有命令传遍军中说： "各归各城， 各归各地吧。"

37 王死了以后， 人们把他送回撒玛利亚， 埋葬在那里。

38 他们在撒玛利亚的池旁， 妓女洗澡的地方清洗战车， 有狗来舔亚哈的血， 正如耶和华说过的话一样。

39 亚哈其余的事迹， 他所作的一切， 他建造的象牙宫和他重建的一切城镇， 不是都记在以色列诸王的年代志上吗？

40 亚哈与他的列祖同睡， 他的儿子亚哈谢接续他作王。

41 以色列王亚哈第四年， 亚撒的儿子约沙法登基作犹大王。

42 约沙法登基的时候是三十五岁； 他在耶路撒冷作王二十五年。他母亲名叫阿苏巴， 是示利希的女儿。

43 约沙法遵行他父亲亚撒所行的一切， 总不偏离， 行耶和华看为正的事。只是邱坛还没有废去， 人民仍在邱坛上献祭烧香（"只是邱坛......献祭烧香。"《马索拉抄本》为22:44）。

44 约沙法王与以色列王和平相处。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为22:45）

45 约沙法其余的事迹， 他作过的英勇的事和他怎样争战的事， 不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？

46 约沙法把父亲亚撒在世时遗留下来的庙妓都从国中除灭。

47 那时， 以东没有王， 由总督统治。

48 约沙法建造了他施船只， 要到俄斐去运金子， 可是不能开船， 因为船只在以旬．迦别坏了。

49 那时亚哈的儿子亚哈谢对约沙法说： "让我的仆人与你的仆人一同坐船去吧！ "但是约沙法不肯。

50 约沙法与他的列祖同睡， 与他的列祖一同埋葬在他先祖大卫的城里； 他的儿子约兰接续他作王。

51 犹大王约沙法第十七年， 亚哈的儿子亚哈谢在撒玛利亚登基作以色列王。他作以色列王两年。

52 他行耶和华看为恶的事， 行他父亲的道和他母亲的道， 又行尼八的儿子耶罗波安使以色列人陷在罪中的道。

53 他事奉巴力， 敬拜巴力， 照着他父亲所行的一切惹耶和华以色列的 神发怒。