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# ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still# , and take# it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? [still...: Heb. silent from taking it]
			4	And he said# unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go# with me to battle to Ramothgilead# ? And Jehoshaphat said# to the king of Israel, I am as thou art , my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
			5	And Jehoshaphat said# unto the king of Israel, Enquire# , I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
			6	Then the king of Israel gathered# the prophets together# , about four hundred men, and said# unto them, Shall I go# against Ramothgilead# to battle, or shall I forbear# ? And they said# , Go up# ; for the Lord shall deliver# it into the hand of the king.
			7	And Jehoshaphat said# , Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire# of him?
			8	And the king of Israel said# unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire# of the LORD: but I hate# him; for he doth 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# , Hasten# hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. [officer: or, eunuch]
			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. [void...: Heb. floor]
			11	And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made# him horns of iron: and he said# , Thus saith# the LORD, With these shalt thou push# the Syrians, until thou have consumed# them.
			12	And all the prophets prophesied# so, saying# , Go up# to Ramothgilead# , and prosper# : for the LORD shall deliver# it into the king's hand.
			13	And the messenger that was gone# to call# Micaiah spake# unto him, saying# , Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak# that which is good.
			14	And Micaiah said# , As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith# unto me, that will I speak# .
			15	So he came# to the king. And the king said# unto him, Micaiah, shall we go# against Ramothgilead# to battle, or shall we forbear# ? And he answered# him, Go# , and prosper# : for the LORD shall deliver# it into the hand of the king.
			16	And the king said# unto him, How many times shall I adjure# thee that thou tell# me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
			17	And he said# , I saw# all Israel scattered# upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd# : and the LORD 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# thee that he would prophesy# no good concerning me, but evil?
			19	And he said# , Hear# thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw# the LORD sitting# on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing# by him on his right hand and on his left.
			20	And the LORD said# , Who shall persuade# Ahab, that he may go up# and fall# at Ramothgilead# ? And one said# on this manner, and another said# on that manner. [persuade: or, deceive]
			21	And there came forth# a spirit, and stood# before the LORD, and said# , I will persuade# him.
			22	And the LORD said# unto him, Wherewith? And he said# , I will go forth# , and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said# , Thou shalt persuade# him , and prevail# also: go forth# , and do# so.
			23	Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put# a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken# evil concerning thee.
			24	But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near# , and smote# Micaiah on the cheek, and said# , Which way went# the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak# unto thee?
			25	And Micaiah said# , Behold, thou shalt see# in that day, when thou shalt go# into an inner chamber to hide# thyself. [into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber]
			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 saith# 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 thou return# at all# in peace, the LORD hath not spoken# by me. And he said# , Hearken# , O people, every one of you.
			29	So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up# to Ramothgilead# .
			30	And the king of Israel said# unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise# myself, and enter# into the battle; but put thou on# thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised# himself, and went# into the battle. [I will...: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle]
			31	But the king of Syria commanded# his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying# , Fight# neither with small nor great, save 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 smote# the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said# unto the driver of his chariot, Turn# thine hand, and carry me out# of the host; for I am wounded# . [at a...: Heb. in his simplicity] [joints...: Heb. joints and the breastplate] [wounded: Heb. made sick]
			35	And the battle increased# that day: and the king was stayed up# in his chariot against the Syrians, and died# at even: and the blood ran out# of the wound into the midst of the chariot. [increased: Heb. ascended] [midst: Heb. bosom]
			36	And there went# a proclamation throughout the 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. [was brought: Heb. came]
			38	And one washed# the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up# his blood; and they washed# his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake# .
			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 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 the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away# ; for the people offered# and burnt incense# yet in the high places.
			44	And Jehoshaphat made peace# with the king of Israel.
			45	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed# , 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. [made...: or, had ten ships]
			49	Then said# Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go# with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would# 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 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 the LORD, and walked# in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, 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# the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done# .