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2 Chronicles 18

Common English Bible CEB

1 Even though Jehoshaphat already had great wealth and honor, he allied himself with Ahab through marriage.

2 A few years later, while Jehoshaphat was visiting Ahab in Samaria, Ahab slaughtered many sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat and those who were with him in order to persuade him to attack Ramoth-gilead.

3 "Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?" Israel's King Ahab asked Judah's King Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat replied, "I and my people will be united with you and your people in battle.

4 But," Jehoshaphat said to Israel's king, "first, let's see what the LORD has to say."

5 So Israel's king gathered four hundred prophets and asked them, "Should we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?" "Attack!" the prophets answered. "God will hand it over to the king."

6 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there any other prophet of the LORD around whom we could ask?"

7 "There's one other man who could ask the LORD for us," Israel's king told Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad. His name is Micaiah, Imlah's son." "The king shouldn't speak like that!" Jehoshaphat said.

8 So Israel's king called an officer and ordered, "Bring Micaiah, Imlah's son, right away."

9 Now Israel's king and Judah's King Jehoshaphat were sitting on their thrones dressed in their royal robes at the threshing floor beside the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying in front of them.

10 Zedekiah, Chenaanah's son, made iron horns for himself and said, "This is what the LORD says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans until there's nothing left of them!"

11 The other prophets agreed: "Attack Ramoth-gilead and win! The LORD will hand it over to the king!"

12 Meanwhile, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, "Listen, the prophets all agree that the king will succeed. You should say the same thing they say and prophesy success."

13 But Micaiah answered, "As surely as the LORD lives, I will say only what God tells me to say."

14 When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?" "Attack and win!" Micaiah answered. "The LORD will hand it over to the king."

15 But the king said, "How many times must I demand that you tell me the truth when you speak in the LORD's name?"

16 Then Micaiah replied, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd! And then the LORD said: ‘They have no master. Let them return safely to their own homes.'"

17 Then Israel's king said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you? He never prophesies anything good about me, only bad."

18 Then Micaiah said, "Listen now to the LORD's word: I saw the LORD enthroned with all the heavenly forces stationed at his right and at his left.

19 The LORD said, ‘Who will persuade Israel's King Ahab so that he attacks Ramoth-gilead and dies there?' There were several suggestions,

20 until one particular spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I will persuade him.' ‘How?' the LORD asked.

21 ‘I will be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. The LORD agreed: ‘You will succeed in persuading him! Go ahead!'

22 So now, since the LORD placed a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, it is the LORD who has pronounced disaster against you!"

23 Zedekiah, Chenaanah's son, approached Micaiah and slapped him on the cheek. "Just how did the LORD's spirit leave me to speak to you?" he asked.

24 Micaiah answered, "You will find out on the day you try to hide in an inner room."

25 "Arrest him," ordered Israel's king, "and turn him over to Amon the city governor and to Joash the king's son.

26 Tell them, ‘The king says: Put this man in prison and feed him minimum rations of bread and water until I return safely.'"

27 "If you ever return safely," Micaiah replied, "then the LORD wasn't speaking through me." Then he added, "Mark my words, every last one of you!"

28 So Israel's king and Judah's King Jehoshaphat attacked Ramoth-gilead.

29 Israel's king said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself when we go into battle, but you should wear your royal attire." When the king of Israel had disguised himself, they entered the battle.

30 Meanwhile, Aram's king had commanded his chariot officers, "Don't bother with anyone big or small. Fight only with Israel's king."

31 When the chariot officers saw Jehoshaphat, they assumed that he must be Israel's king, so they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, the LORD helped him, and God lured them away from him.

32 When the chariot officers realized that he wasn't Israel's king, they stopped chasing him.

33 Someone, however, randomly shot an arrow that struck Israel's king between the joints in his armor. "Turn around and get me out of the battle," the king told his chariot driver. "I've been hit!"

34 While the battle raged all that day, Israel's king stood propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. But that evening he died, just as the sun was going down.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.

2 After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and oxen for him and for the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? ” He answered him, “I am as you are, my people as your people. We will be with you in the war. ”

4 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord. ”

5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain? ” And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king. ”

6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire? ”

7 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. ” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so. ”

8 Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah. ”

9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes. And they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed. ’”

11 And all the prophets prophesied so and said, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph. The Lord will give it into the hand of the king. ”

12 And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably. ”

13 But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what my God says, that I will speak. ”

14 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? ” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand. ”

15 But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord? ”

16 And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace. ’”

17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? ”

18 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

19 And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ’ And one said one thing, and another said another.

20 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him. ’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means? ’

21 And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. ’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so. ’

22 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The Lord has declared disaster concerning you. ”

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you? ”

24 And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. ”

25 And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

26 and say, ‘Thus says the king, Put this fellow in prison and feed him with meager rations of bread and water until I return in peace. ’”

27 And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. ” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples! ”

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 go into battle, but you wear your robes. ” And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel. ”

31 As soon as the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel. ” So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; God drew them away from him.

32 For as soon as the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

33 But a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded. ”

34 And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died.