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Chapter 18 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and
honor in abundance, and joined affinity

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with Ahab.

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And after certain years he went down to
Ahab to Samaria.

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And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in
abundance, and for the people that he had

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with him, and persuaded him to go up with
him to Ramoth-gilead.

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And Ahab, king of Israel, said unto
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Wilt thou go

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with me to Ramoth-gilead?

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And he answered him, I am as thou art,
and my people as thy people, and we will

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be with thee in the war.

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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of
Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word

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of the Lord to-day.

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Therefore the king of Israel gathered
together of prophets four hundred men,

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and said unto them, Shall we go to
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I

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forbear?

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And they said, Go up, for God will deliver
it into the king's hand.

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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a
prophet of the Lord besides, that we might

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inquire of him?

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And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom

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we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate
him, for he never prophesied good unto me,

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but always evil.

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The same is Micaiah, the son of Imla.

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And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say
so.

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And the king of Israel called for one of
his officers, and said, Fetch quickly

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Micaiah, the son of Imla.

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And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat,
king of Judah, sat either of them on his

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throne, clothed in their robes.

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And they sat in a void place at the
entering in of the gate of Samaria.

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And all the prophets prophesied before
them.

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And Zedekiah, the son of Canaanah,
had made him horns of iron, and said,

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Thus saith the Lord, with these thou shalt
push Syria until they be consumed.

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And all the prophets prophesied so,
saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead,

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and prosper, for the Lord shall deliver it
into the hand of the king.

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And the messenger that went to call
Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold,

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the words of the prophets declare good to
the king with one cent.

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Let thy word, therefore, I pray thee,
be like one of theirs, and speak thou

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good.

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And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth,
even what my God saith, that will I speak.

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And when he was come to the king,
the king said unto him, Micaiah,

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shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle,
or shall I forbear?

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And he said, Go ye up and prosper,
and they shall be delivered into your

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hand.

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And the king said to him, How many times
shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing

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but the truth to me in the name of the
Lord?

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Then he said, I did see all Israel
scattered upon the mountains as sheep that

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have no shepherd.

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And the Lord said, These have no master.

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Let them return, therefore, every man to
his house in peace.

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And the king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he

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would not prophesy good unto me,
but evil?

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Again he said, Therefore hear the word of
the Lord.

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I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne,
and all the host of heaven standing on his

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right hand and on his left.

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And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab,
king of Israel, that he may go up and fall

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at Ramoth Gilead?

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And one spake saying after this manner,
and another saying after that manner.

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Then there came out a spirit, and stood
before the Lord, and said, I will entice

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him.

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And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?

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And he said, I will go out, and be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.

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And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him,
and thou shalt also prevail.

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Go out, and do even so.

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Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a
lying spirit in the mouth of these thy

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prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil
against thee.

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Then Zedekiah the son of Canaan came near,
and smote Micaiah upon the cheek,

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and said, Which way went the spirit of the
Lord from me to speak unto thee?

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And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see
on that day when thou shalt go into an

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inner chamber to hide thyself.

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Then the king of Israel said, Take ye
Micaiah, and carry him back to Ammon the

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governor of the city, and to Joash the
king's son.

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And say, Thus saith the king, Put this
fellow in the prison, and feed him with

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bread of affliction, and with water of
affliction, until I return in peace.

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And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return
in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by

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me?

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And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

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And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and

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will go to the battle, but put thou on thy
robes.

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So the king of Israel disguised himself,
and they went to the battle.

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Now the king of Syria had commanded the
captains of the chariots that were with

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him, saying, Fight ye not with small or
great, save only with the king of Israel.

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And it came to pass, when the captains of
the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they

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said, It is the king of Israel.

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Therefore they compassed about him to
fight.

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But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord
helped him, and God moved them to depart

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from him.

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For it came to pass, that when the
captains of the chariots perceived that it

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was not the king of Israel, they turned
back again from pursuing him.

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And a certain man drew a bow at a venture,
and smote the king of Israel between the

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joints of the harness.

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Therefore he said to his chariot man,
Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me

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out of the host, for I am wounded.

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And the battle increased that day.

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Howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself
up in his chariot against the Syrians

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until the evening.

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And about the time of the sun going down,
he died.