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I Kings
Chapter 22
1
And they continued three years
without
war between Syria and Israel.
2
And it came to pass in the third year,
that
Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah,
came
down to the king of Israel.
3
And the king of Israel said unto his servants,
"Know
you that Ramoth in Gilead is ours,
and
we be still,
and
take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
4
And he said unto Jehoshaphat,
"Will
you go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead?"
And
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel,
"I
am as you are,
my
people as your people,
my
horses as your horses."
5
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel,
"Inquire,
please/'I pray you',
at
the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God today."
6``Then
the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
about
four hundred men, and said unto them,
"Shall
I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?"
And
they said,
"Go
up . . . for Lord/'Adonay
shall
deliver it into the hand of the king."
7
And Jehoshaphat said,
"Is
there not here a prophet of Jehovah/God besides,
that
we might inquire of him?"
8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
"There
is yet one man, Micaiah
{name means 'who is like God' - he was of the tribe of Ephraim},
the
son of Imlah,
by
whom we may inquire of Jehovah/God.
But
I hate him . . .
for
he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil."
And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."
9
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said,
"Hurry
there to Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10
And the king of Israel
and
Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah,
sat
each on his throne,
having
put on their robes,
in
a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria.
And all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron.
And
he said, "Thus says Jehovah/God,
with
these you shall push the Syrians,
until
you have consumed them."
12
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying,
"Go
up to Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper . . .
for
Jehovah/God shall deliver it into the king's hand."
13
And the messenger that had gone to call Micaiah
spoke
unto him, saying,
"Behold
now, the words of the prophets
declare
good unto the king with one voice/mouth.
Let
your word, please/'I pray you',
be
like the word of one of them,
and
speak that which is good."
14
And Micaiah said,
"As
Jehovah/God lives . . .
what
Jehovah/God says unto me . . .
that
will I speak."
15 So he came to the king.
And
the king said unto him,
"Micaiah,
shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle,
or
shall we forbear?"
And
he {Micaiah} answered him,
"Go,
and prosper . . .
for
Jehovah/God shall deliver it into the hand of the king."
16
And the king said unto him,
"How
many times shall I adjure you
that
you tell me nothing but that which is true
in
the name of Jehovah/God?"
17
And he said,
"I
saw all Israel scattered upon the hills,
as
sheep that have not a shepherd
and
Jehovah/God said,
'These
have no master . . .
let
them return every man to his house in peace.' "
18
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
"Did
I not tell you that he would prophesy
no
good concerning me, but evil?"
19
And he {Micaiah} said,
"Hear
you therefore the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God.
I
saw Jehovah/God sitting on His throne,
and
all the army/host of heaven standing by Him
on
His right hand and on His left. 20
And
Jehovah/God said,
'Who
shall persuade Ahab,
that
he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead?'
And
one said on this manner,
and
another said on that manner.
21
And there came forth a spirit,
and
stood before Jehovah/God, and said,
'I
will persuade him.'
22
And Jehovah/God said unto him,
"'In
what manner?"
And
he said, "I will go forth,
and
I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.
And
he said, you shall persuade him,
and
prevail also.
Go forth, and do so.
23
Now therefore, behold,
Jehovah/God
has put a lying spirit in the mouth
of
all these your prophets,
and
Jehovah/God has spoken evil concerning you."
24
But Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, went near,
and
struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said,
"Which
way went the spirit of Jehovah/God
from
me to speak unto you?"
25
And Micaiah said,
"Behold,
you shall see in that day,
when
you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself."
26
And the king of Israel said,
"Take
Micaiah, and carry him back
unto
Amon, the governor of the city,
and
to Joash, the king's son 27
and
say, "Thus says the king,
'Put
this fellow in the prison,
and
feed him with bread of affliction
and
with water of affliction,
until
I come in peace.' "
28
And Micaiah said,
"If
you return at all in peace,
Jehovah/God
has not spoken by me."
And he said, "Listen/Hearken, O people, every one of you."
29
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
went
up to Ramoth-Gilead.
30
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
"I
will disguise myself,
and
enter into the battle . . .
but
put you on your robes."
And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains
who
had rule over his chariots, saying,
"Fight
neither with small nor great,
except
only with the king of Israel."
32
And it came to pass,
when
the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that
they said,
"Surely
it is the king of Israel."
And
they turned aside to fight against him
and
Jehoshaphat cried out.
33
And it came to pass,
when
the captains of the chariots perceived
that
it was not the king of Israel,
that
they turned back from pursuing him.
34
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture,
and
stuck the king of Israel
between
the joints of the harness.
Therefore,
he said unto the driver of his chariot,
"Turn
your hand,
and
carry me out of the army/host . . .
for
I am wounded."
35
And the battle increased that day
and
the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians,
and
died at evening.
And the blood ran out of the wound into the middle of the chariot.
36
And there went a proclamation throughout the army/host
about
the going down of the sun, saying,
'Every
man to his city, and every man to his own country.'
37
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria
and
they buried the king in Samaria.
38
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria
and
the dogs licked up his blood.
And
they washed his armor . . .
according
unto the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God which He spoke.
39
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did,
and
the ivory house which he made,
and
all the cities that he built,
are
they not written in the book
of
the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers.
And Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his place/stead.
41
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa
began
to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old
when
he began to reign.
And he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he Walked in all the ways of Asa his father.
He
turned not aside from it,
doing
that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah/God.
Nevertheless
the high places were not taken away;
for
the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
{Phallic Cult - fornication and child sacrifice as part of idol worship}
{Note: This is pointing out that Jehoshaphat personally was a believer but he 'compromised' with false religion and permitted the atrocity that was the Phallic Cult to remain in Israel under his rule.}
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat,
and
his might that he showed,
and
how he warred,
are
they not written
in
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46
And the remnant of the sodomites,
which
remained in the days of his father Asa,
he
took out of the land.
47 There was then no king in Edom . . . a deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold.
But they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
49
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat,
"Let
my servants go with your servants in the ships."
But Jehoshaphat desired this not.
50
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers,
and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father.
And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his place/stead.
51
Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel in Samaria
the
seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah,
and
reigned two years over Israel.
52
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
and
Walked in the {evil} way of his father,
and
in the way of his mother {Jezebel},
{Phallic Cult false worship}
and
in the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat,
who
made Israel to sin . . . 53
for
he served Baal . . .
and
worshipped him . . .
and
provoked to anger Jehovah/God . . .
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel . . .
according
to all that his father had done.
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