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2 Chronicles 18 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - and goeth down at the end of certain years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who are with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - And Ahab king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 'Dost thou go with me to Ramoth-Gilead?' And he saith to him, 'As I -- so thou, and as thy people -- my people, even with thee in battle.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 - And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, 'Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, 'Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, 'Go up, and God doth give it into the hand of the king.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:6 - And Jehoshaphat saith, 'Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah still, and we seek from him?'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Still -- one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I -- I have hated him, for he is not prophesying concerning me of good, but all his days of evil, he is Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, 'Let not the king say so.'

Ahab's False Prophets Assure Victory

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, 'Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, and they are sitting in a threshing-floor at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:10 - And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, 'Thus said Jehovah,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.' And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, 'Go up to Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and Jehovah hath given it into the hand of the king.'

Micaiah Brings Word from God

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, 'Lo, the words of the prophets -- one mouth -- are good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:13 - And Micaiah saith 'Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, 'Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, 'Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - And he saith, 'I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, There are no masters to these, they turn back each to his house in peace.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - And he saith, 'Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:20 - And go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21 - and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:22 - And, now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, 'Where is this -- the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - And Micaiah saith, 'Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - And the king of Israel saith, 'Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:27 - And Micaiah saith, 'If thou dost certainly return in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me;' and he saith, 'Hear ye, O peoples, all of them!'

Ahab's Defeat and Death

(1Ki 22:29–40 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:28 - And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:29 - and the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, 'And thou, put on thy garments.' And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and they go into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - And the king of Aram hath commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath, saying, 'Ye do not fight with small or with great, except with the king of Israel by himself.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, 'The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:32 - yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to the charioteer, 'Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.
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