022:021 There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said,
'I will entice him.'
022:022 Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go forth,
and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.'
He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also:
go forth, and do so.'
022:023 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in
the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken
evil concerning you."
022:024 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah
on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh
from me to speak to you?
022:025 Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you
shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
022:026 The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
022:027 and say, Thus says 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.
022:028 Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not
spoken by me. He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you.
022:029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramoth Gilead.
022:030 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
and go into the battle; but put you on your robes.
The king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
022:031 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains
of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great,
save only with the king of Israel.
022:032 It happened, 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.
022:033 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was
not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
022:034 A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck
the king of Israel between the joints of the armor:
therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand,
and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded.
022:035 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 bottom of the chariot.
022:036 There went a cry throughout the army about the going down
of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man
to his country.
022:037 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried
the king in Samaria.
022:038 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked
up his blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves [there]);
according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
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