Ramoth Gilead? Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am
as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
022:005 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first
for the word of Yahweh.
022:006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go
against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand
of the king.
022:007 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides,
that we may inquire of him?
022:008 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man
by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah:
but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me,
but evil. Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
022:009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
022:010 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes,
in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria;
and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
022:011 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said,
Thus says Yahweh, With these shall you push the Syrians,
until they be consumed.
022:012 All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead,
and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand
of the king.
022:013 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now,
the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth:
please let your word be like the word of one of them,
and speak you good.
022:014 Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me,
that will I speak.
022:015 When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah,
shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?
He answered him, Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver
it into the hand of the king.
022:016 The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you
speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
022:017 He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep
that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master;
let them return every man to his house in peace.
022:018 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you
that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
022:019 [Micaiah] said, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw
Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
022:020 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up
and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said on this manner;
and another said on that manner.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account