1st Kings Chapter 22 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And they continued <H3427> three <H7969> years <H8141> without war <H4421> between Syria <H0758> and Israel. <H3478>
2: And it came to pass in the third <H7992> year, <H8141> that Jehoshaphat <H3092> the king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> came down <H3381> to the king <H4428> of Israel. <H3478>
3: And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> unto his servants, <H5650> Know <H3045> ye that Ramoth <H7433> in Gilead <H1568> [is] ours, and we [be] still, <H2814> [and] take <H3947> it not out of the hand <H3027> of the king <H4428> of Syria? <H0758>
4: And he said <H0559> unto Jehoshaphat, <H3092> Wilt thou go <H3212> with me to battle <H4421> to Ramothgilead? <H7433> <H1568> And Jehoshaphat <H3092> said <H0559> to the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> I [am] as thou <H3644> [art], my people <H5971> as thy people, <H5971> my horses <H5483> as thy horses. <H5483>
5: And Jehoshaphat <H3092> said <H0559> unto the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> Enquire, <H1875> I pray thee, at the word <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> to day. <H3117>
6: Then the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> gathered the prophets <H5030> together, <H6908> about four <H0702> hundred <H3967> men, <H0376> and said <H0559> unto them, Shall I go <H3212> against Ramothgilead <H7433> <H1568> to battle, <H4421> or shall I forbear? <H2308> And they said, <H0559> Go up; <H5927> for the Lord <H0136> shall deliver <H5414> [it] into the hand <H3027> of the king. <H4428>
7: And Jehoshaphat <H3092> said, <H0559> [Is there] not here a prophet <H5030> of the LORD <H3068> besides, <H5750> that we might enquire <H1875> of him?
8: And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> unto Jehoshaphat, <H3092> [There is] yet one <H0259> man, <H0376> Micaiah <H4321> the son <H1121> of Imlah, <H3229> by whom we may enquire <H1875> of the LORD: <H3068> but I hate <H8130> him; for he doth not prophesy <H5012> good <H2896> concerning me, but evil. <H7451> And Jehoshaphat <H3092> said, <H0559> Let not the king <H4428> say <H0559> so.
9: Then the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> called <H7121> an <H0259> officer, <H5631> and said, <H0559> Hasten <H4116> [hither] Micaiah <H4321> the son <H1121> of Imlah. <H3229>
10: And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> and Jehoshaphat <H3092> the king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> sat <H3427> each <H0376> on his throne, <H3678> having put on <H3847> their robes, <H0899> in a void place <H1637> in the entrance <H6607> of the gate <H8179> of Samaria; <H8111> and all the prophets <H5030> prophesied <H5012> before <H6440> them.
11: And Zedekiah <H6667> the son <H1121> of Chenaanah <H3668> made <H6213> him horns <H7161> of iron: <H1270> and he said, <H0559> Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> With these shalt thou push <H5055> the Syrians, <H0758> until thou have consumed <H3615> them.
12: And all the prophets <H5030> prophesied <H5012> so, saying, <H0559> Go up <H5927> to Ramothgilead, <H7433> <H1568> and prosper: <H6743> for the LORD <H3068> shall deliver <H5414> [it] into the king's <H4428> hand. <H3027>
13: And the messenger <H4397> that was gone <H1980> to call <H7121> Micaiah <H4321> spake <H1696> unto him, saying, <H0559> Behold now, the words <H1697> of the prophets <H5030> [declare] good <H2896> unto the king <H4428> with one <H0259> mouth: <H6310> let thy word, <H1697> I pray thee, be like the word <H1697> of one <H0259> of them, and speak <H1696> [that which is] good. <H2896>
14: And Micaiah <H4321> said, <H0559> [As] the LORD <H3068> liveth, <H2416> what the LORD <H3068> saith <H0559> unto me, that will I speak. <H1696>
15: So he came <H0935> to the king. <H4428> And the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto him, Micaiah, <H4321> shall we go <H3212> against Ramothgilead <H7433> <H1568> to battle, <H4421> or shall we forbear? <H2308> And he answered <H0559> him, Go, <H5927> and prosper: <H6743> for the LORD <H3068> shall deliver <H5414> [it] into the hand <H3027> of the king. <H4428>
16: And the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto him, How many times <H6471> shall I adjure <H7650> thee that thou tell <H1696> me nothing but [that which is] true <H0571> in the name <H8034> of the LORD? <H3068>
17: And he said, <H0559> I saw <H7200> all Israel <H3478> scattered <H6327> upon the hills, <H2022> as sheep <H6629> that have not a shepherd: <H7462> and the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> These have no master: <H0113> let them return <H7725> every man <H0376> to his house <H1004> in peace. <H7965>
18: And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> unto Jehoshaphat, <H3092> Did I not tell <H0559> thee that he would prophesy <H5012> no good <H2896> concerning me, but evil? <H7451>
19: And he said, <H0559> Hear <H8085> thou therefore the word <H1697> of the LORD: <H3068> I saw <H7200> the LORD <H3068> sitting <H3427> on his throne, <H3678> and all the host <H6635> of heaven <H8064> standing <H5975> by him on his right hand <H3225> and on his left. <H8040>
20: And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> Who shall persuade <H6601> Ahab, <H0256> that he may go up <H5927> and fall <H5307> at Ramothgilead? <H7433> <H1568> And one said <H0559> on this manner, <H3541> and another said <H0559> on that manner. <H3541>
21: And there came forth <H3318> a spirit, <H7307> and stood <H5975> before <H6440> the LORD, <H3068> and said, <H0559> I will persuade <H6601> him.
22: And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto him, Wherewith? And he said, <H0559> I will go forth, <H3318> and I will be a lying <H8267> spirit <H7307> in the mouth <H6310> of all his prophets. <H5030> And he said, <H0559> Thou shalt persuade <H6601> [him], and prevail <H3201> also: go forth, <H3318> and do <H6213> so.
23: Now therefore, behold, the LORD <H3068> hath put <H5414> a lying <H8267> spirit <H7307> in the mouth <H6310> of all these thy prophets, <H5030> and the LORD <H3068> hath spoken <H1696> evil <H7451> concerning thee.
24: But Zedekiah <H6667> the son <H1121> of Chenaanah <H3668> went near, <H5066> and smote <H5221> Micaiah <H4321> on the cheek, <H3895> and said, <H0559> Which way <H0335> went <H5674> the Spirit <H7307> of the LORD <H3068> from me to speak <H1696> unto thee?
25: And Micaiah <H4321> said, <H0559> Behold, thou shalt see <H7200> in that day, <H3117> when thou shalt go <H0935> into an inner <H2315> chamber <H2315> to hide <H2247> thyself.
26: And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> said, <H0559> Take <H3947> Micaiah, <H4321> and carry him back <H7725> unto Amon <H0526> the governor <H8269> of the city, <H5892> and to Joash <H3101> the king's <H4428> son; <H1121>
27: And say, <H0559> Thus saith <H0559> the king, <H4428> Put <H7760> this [fellow] in the prison, <H1004> <H3608> and feed <H0398> him with bread <H3899> of affliction <H3906> and with water <H4325> of affliction, <H3906> until I come <H0935> in peace. <H7965>
28: And Micaiah <H4321> said, <H0559> If thou return <H7725> at all <H7725> in peace, <H7965> the LORD <H3068> hath not spoken <H1696> by me. And he said, <H0559> Hearken, <H8085> O people, <H5971> every one of you.
29: So the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> and Jehoshaphat <H3092> the king <H4428> of Judah <H3063> went up <H5927> to Ramothgilead. <H7433> <H1568>
30: And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> unto Jehoshaphat, <H3092> I will disguise <H2664> myself, and enter <H0935> into the battle; <H4421> but put thou on <H3847> thy robes. <H0899> And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> disguised <H2664> himself, and went <H0935> into the battle. <H4421>
31: But the king <H4428> of Syria <H0758> commanded <H6680> his thirty <H7970> and two <H8147> captains <H8269> that had rule over his chariots, <H7393> saying, <H0559> Fight <H3898> neither with small <H6996> nor great, <H1419> save only with the king <H4428> of Israel. <H3478>
32: And it came to pass, when the captains <H8269> of the chariots <H7393> saw <H7200> Jehoshaphat, <H3092> that they said, <H0559> Surely it [is] the king <H4428> of Israel. <H3478> And they turned aside <H5493> to fight <H3898> against him: and Jehoshaphat <H3092> cried out. <H2199>
33: And it came to pass, when the captains <H8269> of the chariots <H7393> perceived <H7200> that it [was] not the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> that they turned back <H7725> from pursuing <H0310> him.
34: And a [certain] man <H0376> drew <H4900> a bow <H7198> at a venture, <H8537> and smote <H5221> the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> between the joints <H1694> of the harness: <H8302> wherefore he said <H0559> unto the driver of his chariot, <H7395> Turn <H2015> thine hand, <H3027> and carry me out <H3318> of the host; <H4264> for I am wounded. <H2470>
35: And the battle <H4421> increased <H5927> that day: <H3117> and the king <H4428> was stayed up <H5975> in his chariot <H4818> against <H5227> the Syrians, <H0758> and died <H4191> at even: <H6153> and the blood <H1818> ran out <H3332> of the wound <H4347> into the midst <H2436> of the chariot. <H7393>
36: And there went <H5674> a proclamation <H7440> throughout the host <H4264> about the going down <H0935> of the sun, <H8121> saying, <H0559> Every man <H0376> to his city, <H5892> and every man <H0376> to his own country. <H0776>
37: So the king <H4428> died, <H4191> and was brought <H0935> to Samaria; <H8111> and they buried <H6912> the king <H4428> in Samaria. <H8111>
38: And [one] washed <H7857> the chariot <H7393> in the pool <H1295> of Samaria; <H8111> and the dogs <H3611> licked up <H3952> his blood; <H1818> and they washed <H7364> his armour; <H2185> according unto the word <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> which he spake. <H1696>
39: Now the rest <H3499> of the acts <H1697> of Ahab, <H0256> and all that he did, <H6213> and the ivory <H8127> house <H1004> which he made, <H1129> and all the cities <H5892> that he built, <H1129> [are] they not written <H3789> in the book <H5612> of the chronicles <H1697> <H3117> of the kings <H4428> of Israel? <H3478>
40: So Ahab <H0256> slept <H7901> with his fathers; <H0001> and Ahaziah <H0274> his son <H1121> reigned <H4427> in his stead.
41: And Jehoshaphat <H3092> the son <H1121> of Asa <H0609> began to reign <H4427> over Judah <H3063> in the fourth <H0702> year <H8141> of Ahab <H0256> king <H4428> of Israel. <H3478>
42: Jehoshaphat <H3092> [was] thirty <H7970> and five <H2568> years <H8141> old <H1121> when he began to reign; <H4427> and he reigned <H4427> twenty <H6242> and five <H2568> years <H8141> in Jerusalem. <H3389> And his mother's <H0517> name <H8034> [was] Azubah <H5806> the daughter <H1323> of Shilhi. <H7977>
43: And he walked <H3212> in all the ways <H1870> of Asa <H0609> his father; <H0001> he turned not aside <H5493> from it, doing <H6213> [that which was] right <H3477> in the eyes <H5869> of the LORD: <H3068> nevertheless the high places <H1116> were not taken away; <H5493> [for] the people <H5971> offered <H2076> and burnt incense <H6999> yet in the high places. <H1116>
44: And Jehoshaphat <H3092> made peace <H7999> with the king <H4428> of Israel. <H3478>
45: Now the rest <H3499> of the acts <H1697> of Jehoshaphat, <H3092> and his might <H1369> that he shewed, <H6213> and how he warred, <H3898> [are] they not written <H3789> in the book <H5612> of the chronicles <H1697> <H3117> of the kings <H4428> of Judah? <H3063>
46: And the remnant <H3499> of the sodomites, <H6945> which remained <H7604> in the days <H3117> of his father <H0001> Asa, <H0609> he took out <H1197> of the land. <H0776>
47: [There was] then no king <H4428> in Edom: <H0123> a deputy <H5324> [was] king. <H4428>
48: Jehoshaphat <H3092> made <H6213> ships <H0591> of Tharshish <H8659> to go <H3212> to Ophir <H0211> for gold: <H2091> but they went <H1980> not; for the ships <H0591> were broken <H7665> at Eziongeber. <H6100>
49: Then said <H0559> Ahaziah <H0274> the son <H1121> of Ahab <H0256> unto Jehoshaphat, <H3092> Let my servants <H5650> go <H3212> with thy servants <H5650> in the ships. <H0591> But Jehoshaphat <H3092> would <H0014> not.
50: And Jehoshaphat <H3092> slept <H7901> with his fathers, <H0001> and was buried <H6912> with his fathers <H0001> in the city <H5892> of David <H1732> his father: <H0001> and Jehoram <H3088> his son <H1121> reigned <H4427> in his stead.
51: Ahaziah <H0274> the son <H1121> of Ahab <H0256> began to reign <H4427> over Israel <H3478> in Samaria <H8111> the seventeenth <H7651> <H6240> year <H8141> of Jehoshaphat <H3092> king <H4428> of Judah, <H3063> and reigned <H4427> two years <H8141> over Israel. <H3478>
52: And he did <H6213> evil <H7451> in the sight <H5869> of the LORD, <H3068> and walked <H3212> in the way <H1870> of his father, <H0001> and in the way <H1870> of his mother, <H0517> and in the way <H1870> of Jeroboam <H3379> the son <H1121> of Nebat, <H5028> who made Israel <H3478> to sin: <H2398>
53: For he served <H5647> Baal, <H1168> and worshipped <H7812> him, and provoked to anger <H3707> the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> according to all that his father <H0001> had done. <H6213>