These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Chronicles 18
Tanakh 34 verses
- 1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and in abundance; and he allied himself with by marriage.
- 2 And after a lapse of years he went down to to . And killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
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And of said unto Jehoshaphat of : ‘Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead?’ And he answered him: ‘I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.’
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- 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the of : ‘Inquire, I pray thee, at the of today.’
- 5 Then the of gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them: ‘Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?’ And they said: ‘Go up; for will deliver it into the hand of the .’
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But Jehoshaphat said: ‘Is there not here besides a of , that we might inquire of him?’
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And the of said unto Jehoshaphat: ‘There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of ; but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil; the same is Micaiah the son of Imla.’ And Jehoshaphat said: ‘Let not the say so.’
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Then the of called an officer, and said: ‘Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.’
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- 9 Now the of and Jehoshaphat the of sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they sat in a threshing-floor at the entrance of the gate of ; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
- 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said: ‘Thus saith : With these shalt thou gore the Arameans, until they be consumed.’
- 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying: ‘Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for will deliver it into the hand of the .’
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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying: ‘Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the with one mouth; let thy therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.’
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- 13 And Micaiah said: ‘As liveth, what my saith, that will I speak.’
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And when he was come to the , the said unto him: ‘ Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?’ And he said: ‘Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.’
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And the said to him: ‘How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the in the of .’
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- 16 And he said: ‘I saw all scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and said: These have no master, let them return every man to his house in .’
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And the of said to Jehoshaphat: ‘Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?’
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- 18 And he said: ‘Therefore ye the of : I saw sitting upon His throne, and all the host of standing on His right hand and on His left.
- 19 And said: who shall entice of , that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
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And there came forth the , and stood before , and said: I will entice him. And said unto him: Wherewith?
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- 21 And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
- 22 Now therefore, behold, hath put a lying in the mouth of these thy prophets; and hath spoken evil concerning thee.’
- 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the check, and said: ‘Which way went the of 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 inner chamber to hide thyself.’
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And the of said: ‘Take ye Micaiah; and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
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and say: Thus saith the : Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I return in .’
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And Micaiah said: ‘If thou return at all in , hath not spoken by me.’ And he said: ‘Hear, ye peoples, all of you.’
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So the of and Jehoshaphat the kind of went up to Ramoth-gilead.
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And the of said unto Jehoshaphat: ‘I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.’ So the of disguised himself; and they went into the battle.
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Now the of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying: ‘Fight neither with small nor great, only with the of .’
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- 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: ‘It is the of .’ Therefore they turned about to fight against him; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and helped him; and moved them to depart from him.
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the of , that they turned back from pursuing him.
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And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the of between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot: ‘Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.’
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And the battle increased that day; howbeit the of stayed himself up in his chariot against the Arameans until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
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