[1] Now Jehosh'aphat had great riches and honor; and he made a marriage
alliance with Ahab. [2] After some years he went down to Ahab in Sama'ria.
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 Jehosh'aphat 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 Jehosh'aphat 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 forbear?"
And they said, "Go up; for God will give it into the hand of the king." [6]
But Jehosh'aphat said, "Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of
whom we may inquire?" [7] And the king of Israel said to Jehosh'aphat,
"There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micai'ah the son
of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but
always evil." And Jehosh'aphat said, "Let not the king say so." [8] Then
the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micai'ah
the son of Imlah." [9] Now the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat 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 Sama'ria; and
all the prophets were prophesying before them. [10] And Zedeki'ah the son
of Chena'anah 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 Micai'ah 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 Micai'ah 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, "Micai'ah, shall we go to
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" 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 adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the
truth in the name of the LORD?" [16] And he said, "I saw all Israel
scattered upon 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 Jehosh'aphat, "Did I not tell you that he
would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" [18] And Micai'ah 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 forth, 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
forth and do so.' [22] Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying
spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; the LORD has spoken evil
concerning you." [23] Then Zedeki'ah the son of Chena'anah came near and
struck Micai'ah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the Spirit of the
LORD go from me to speak to you?" [24] And Micai'ah 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 Micai'ah, and take him back to
Amon the governor of the city and to Jo'ash the king's son; [26] and say,
`Thus says the king, Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with scant
fare of bread and water, until I return in peace.'" [27] And Micai'ah 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 Jehosh'aphat the
king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. [29] And the king of Israel said to
Jehosh'aphat, "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] And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehosh'aphat, they
said, "It is the king of Israel." So they turned to fight against him; and
Jehosh'aphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from
him, [32] for when 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 a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the scale
armor and the breastplate; therefore he said to the driver of his chariot,
"Turn about, and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded." [34] And
the battle grew hot that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in
his chariot facing the Syrians until evening; then at sunset he died.

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