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1There was a lull of three years without war between Aram and Israel.[#22:1–9 2Ch 18:1–8; #22:1 1Kg 20:1,26]
2However, in the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.[#22:2 1Kg 15:24; #22:2 2Ch 18:2]
3The king of Israel had said to his servants, ‘Don’t you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we’re doing nothing to take it from the king of Aram? ’[#22:3 Dt 4:43; Jos 20:8; 1Kg 4:13]
4So he asked Jehoshaphat, ‘Will you go with me to fight Ramoth-gilead? ’[#22:4–6 2Kg 3:7–8; #22:4 2Kg 8:18,27]
Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, ‘I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.’
5But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, ‘First, please ask what the Lord ’s will is.’[#22:5 1Sm 23:1–5; Jms 4:15]
6So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, ‘Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain? ’[#22:6 1Kg 18:19]
They replied, ‘March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.’
7But Jehoshaphat asked, ‘Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here any more? Let’s ask him.’[#22:7 2Kg 1:3; 3:11; 5:8]
8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘There is still one man who can enquire of the Lord , but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.’[#22:8 1Kg 18:17; 21:20; #22:8 Am 5:10]
‘The king shouldn’t say that! ’ Jehoshaphat replied.
9So the king of Israel called an officer and said, ‘Hurry and get Micaiah son of Imlah! ’
10Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, clothed in royal attire, were each sitting on his own throne. They were on the threshing-floor at the entrance to the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying in front of them.[#22:10–12 2Ch 18:9–11; #22:10 Jdg 6:37]
11Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.” ’[#22:11 1Kg 22:24; #22:11 Dt 33:17; Zch 1:18–21]
12And all the prophets were prophesying the same: ‘March up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the Lord will hand it over to the king.’[#22:12 1Kg 4:13]
13The messenger who went to call Micaiah instructed him, ‘Look, the words of the prophets are unanimously favourable for the king. So let your words be like theirs, and speak favourably.’[#22:13–28 2Ch 18:12–27]
14But Micaiah said, ‘As the Lord lives, I will say whatever the Lord says to me.’[#22:14 1Kg 18:10,15; #22:14 Nm 22:28; 24:13]
15So he went to the king, and the king asked him, ‘Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war, or should we refrain? ’
Micaiah told him, ‘March up and succeed. The Lord will hand it over to the king.’
16But the king said to him, ‘How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the Lord ? ’
17So Micaiah said:
18So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘Didn’t I tell you he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster? ’
19Then Micaiah said, ‘Therefore, hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and the whole heavenly army was standing by him at his right hand and at his left hand.[#22:19 Is 6:1; Dn 7:9; #22:19 Jb 1:6; Dn 7:10; Heb 1:7]
20And the Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ” So one was saying this and another was saying that.[#22:20 1Kg 22:4]
21‘Then a spirit came forward, stood in the Lord ’s presence, and said, “I will entice him.”
22‘The Lord asked him, “How? ”
‘He said, “I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.”
‘Then he said, “You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.”
23‘You see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.’
24Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah on the cheek, and demanded, ‘Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you? ’[#22:24 1Kg 22:11; #22:24 Lit ‘Which way did; #22:24 2Ch 18:23]
25Micaiah replied, ‘You will soon see when you go to hide in an inner chamber on that day.’[#22:25 1Kg 20:30]
26Then the king of Israel ordered, ‘Take Micaiah and return him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,[#22:26 1Kg 22:40]
27and say, “This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and feed him only a little bread and water until I come back safely.” ’[#22:27 2Ch 16:10; Heb 11:36; #22:27 Lit him on bread of oppression and water of oppression]
28But Micaiah said, ‘If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.’ Then he said, ‘Listen, all you people! ’ ,[#22:28 Dt 18:22; #22:28 LXX omits Then he said, ‘Listen, all you people! ’; #22:28 Mc 1:2]
29Then the king of Israel and Judah’s King Jehoshaphat went up to Ramoth-gilead.[#22:29–33 2Ch 18:28–32; #22:29 1Kg 22:4]
30But the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal attire.’ So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.[#22:30 1Sm 28:8; #22:30 2Ch 35:22]
31Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, ‘Do not fight with anyone at all except the king of Israel.’[#22:31 1Kg 20:1,16; #22:31 Lit with small or with great; #22:31 2Ch 18:30]
32When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, ‘He must be the king of Israel! ’ So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
33When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
34But a man drew his bow without taking any special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armour. So he said to his charioteer, ‘Turn round and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded! ’[#22:34 2Kg 9:24; #22:34 LXX; MT reads camp; #22:34 2Ch 35:23]
35The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died that evening, and blood from his wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot.[#22:34–35 1Kg 22:17,28; 2Ch 18:33–34]
36Then the cry rang out in the army as the sun set, declaring:
37So the king died and was brought to Samaria. They buried the king in Samaria.[#22:37 1Kg 16:28]
38Then someone washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes bathed in it, according to the word of the Lord that he had spoken.[#22:38 1Kg 21:19]
39The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, including the ivory palace he built, and all the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.[#22:39 Am 3:15; #22:39 1Kg 16:27]
40Ahab rested with his ancestors, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.[#22:40 1Kg 16:28; #22:40 2Kg 1:2]
41Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Israel’s King Ahab.[#22:41 2Ch 20:31]
42Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king; he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
43He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord ’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.[#22:43 1Kg 15:11; #22:43 LXX, Syr, Vg read he did not remove the high places; #22:43 1Kg 15:14]
44Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.[#22:44 1Kg 22:2,4]
45The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.[#22:45 1Kg 15:23; 2Ch 20:34]
46He eradicated from the land the rest of the male cult prostitutes who were left from the days of his father Asa.[#22:46 1Kg 15:12]
47There was no king in Edom; a district governor served as king.[#22:47 2Sm 8:14; 2Kg 3:9]
48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.[#22:48 1Kg 10:22; #22:48 1Kg 9:28; #22:48 1Kg 9:26]
49At that time, Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, ‘Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,’ but Jehoshaphat was not willing.[#22:49 1Kg 22:40,51]
50Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram became king in his place.[#22:50 1Kg 15:24; 2Ch 21:1; #22:50 2Kg 1:17]
51Ahaziah son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Judah’s King Jehoshaphat, and he reigned over Israel for two years.[#22:51 1Kg 22:40; #22:51 1Kg 16:24; #22:51 1Kg 22:41–50]
52He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight. He walked in the ways of his father, in the ways of his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.[#22:52 1Kg 15:26; #22:52 1Kg 21:25–26; #22:52 1Kg 16:31; 18:4; 21:25; #22:52 1Kg 12:28–33]
53He served Baal and bowed in worship to him. He angered the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done.[#22:53 Jdg 2:11; 1Kg 16:32; #22:53 1Kg 16:33; 21:25]