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And the king of Israelsaid 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?
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And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead*? And Jehoshaphatsaid to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
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Then the king of Israelgathered the prophetstogether, about fourhundredmen, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgileadtobattle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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And the king of Israelsaid unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet oneman,Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesygood concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphatsaid, Let not the kingsay so.
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And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judahsateach on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophetsprophesiedbefore them.
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanahmade him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
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And the messenger that was gone to callMicaiahspake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with onemouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
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So he came to the king. And the kingsaid unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgileadtobattle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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And he said, I saw all Israelscattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORDsaid, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
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And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORDsitting on his throne, and all the host of heavenstanding by him on his right hand and on his left.
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And the LORDsaid, Who shall persuadeAhab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead*? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
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And the LORDsaid unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lyingspirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
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But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smoteMicaiah on the cheek, and said, Which waywent the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
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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.
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And the king of Israelsaid unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israeldisguised himself, and went into the battle.
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But the king of Syriacommanded his thirty and twocaptains that had rule over his chariots,saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariotssawJehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
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And a certain mandrew 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.
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And the battleincreased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariotagainst the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
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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.
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivoryhouse which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chroniclesof the kings of Israel?
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Jehoshaphat was thirty and fiveyearsold when he began to reign; and he reignedtwenty and fiveyears in Jerusalem. And his mother'sname was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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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 peopleoffered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
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And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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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 chroniclesof the kings of Judah?
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And he didevil 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: