¹Now Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity (to become an in-law) with Ach’av [father’s brother] .

²And after [certain] years he went down to Ach’av [father’s brother] to Shomron [watch mountain] . And Ach’av [father’s brother] killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to go up [with him] to Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] .

³And Ach’av [father’s brother] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , Will youi go with me to Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] ? And he answered him, I [am] as youi [are] , and my people as youi people; and [we will be] with youi in the war.

⁴And Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] said unto the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , Enquire, I pray youi , at the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) to day.

⁵Therefore the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] to battle, or shall I refrain (restrain; refrein from acting) ? And they said, Go up; for God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] will deliver [it] into the king’s hand.

⁶But Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) besides, that we might enquire of him?

⁷And the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] , [There is] yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] the son of Yimlah [whom God will fill up] . And Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] said, Let not the king say so.

⁸And the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] called for one [of his] officers, and said, Fetch quickly Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] the son of Yimlah [whom God will fill up] .

⁹And the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Shomron [watch mountain] ; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

¹⁰And Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] the son of Kena’anah [trader] had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , With these youi shall push Aram [exalted] (Syria) [exalted] until they be consumed.

¹¹And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] , and prosper: for the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

¹²And the messenger that went to call Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent (accord; agreement) ; let youi word therefore, I pray youi , be like one of theirs, and speak youi good.

¹³And Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] said, [As] the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, even what my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] says, that will I speak.

¹⁴And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] , shall we go to Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] to battle, or shall I refrain (restrain; refrein from acting) ? And he said, Go you2f up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

¹⁵And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure (to command under oath or threat) youi that youi say nothing but the tto me in the name of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ?

¹⁶Then he said, I did see all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said, These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to his house in peace.

¹⁷And the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said to Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] , Did I not tell youi [that] he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

¹⁸Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; I saw the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) sitting upon his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.

¹⁹And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said, Who shall entice Ach’av [father’s brother] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , that he may go up and fall at Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] ? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

²⁰Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and said, I will entice him. And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto him, Wherewith?

²¹And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And [the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate)] said, youi shall entice [him] , and youi shall also prevail: go out, and do [even] so.

²²Now therefore, behold, the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these youi prophets, and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has spoken evil against youi .

²³Then Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] the son of Kena’anah [trader] came near, and struck Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) from me to speak unto youi ?

²⁴And Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] said, Behold, youi shall see on that day when youi shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.

²⁵Then the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said, Take you2f Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] , and carry him back to ‘Amon [master workman] the governor of the city, and to Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] the king’s son;

²⁶And say, Thus says the king, Put [a bow] this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

²⁷And Mikhay’hu [who is like God?] said, If youi certainly return in peace, [then] has not the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) spoken by me. And he said, Listen, all you2f people.

²⁸So the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] the king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] went up to Ramot-Gil’ad [rocky region] .

²⁹And the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] , I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put youi on youi robes. So the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

³⁰Now the king of Aram [exalted] (Syria) [exalted] had commanded the captains of the chariots that [were] with him, saying, Fight you2f not with small or great, save only with the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

³¹And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] , that they said, It [is] the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] . Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] cried out, and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) helped him; and God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] moved them [to depart] from him.

³²For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , they turned back again from pursuing him.

³³And a [certain] man drew a bow at a venture, and struck the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn youi hand, that youi may carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

³⁴And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] detained (held) [himself] up in [his] chariot against the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.