And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?
And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
[20] Then there came out
a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
[21]
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said,
Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
[22] Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
against thee.
[23] Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek,
and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
[24] And Micaiah said,
Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
[25] Then
the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to
Joash the king's son;
[26] 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 return in peace.
[27] And Micaiah said, If thou certainly
return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
[28] So the
king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
[29] And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the
king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
[30] Now the king of Syria had commanded
the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with
the king of Israel.
[31] And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they
said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out,
and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
[32] For it came to pass, that, when
the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from
pursuing him.
[33] And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the
joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me
out of the host; for I am wounded.
[34] And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he
died.
2Chr.19
[1] And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
[2] And Jehu the
son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the
ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
[3]
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the
land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
[4] And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went
out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD
God of their fathers.
[5] And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by
city,
[6] And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who
is with you in the judgment.
[7] Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do
it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
[8] Moreover
in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of
Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
[9] And he
charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
[10]
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and
blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they
trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye
shall not trespass.
[11] And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and
Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites
shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
2Chr.20
[1] It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them
other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
[2] Then there came some that told
Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side