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
1 Kings 22
Tanakh 53 verses
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And they continued three years without war between Aram and .
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And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the of came down to the of .
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And the of said unto his servants: ‘Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the of Aram?’
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- 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat: ‘Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead?’ And Jehoshaphat said to the of : ‘I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.’
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the of : ‘Inquire, I pray thee, at the of today.’
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- 6 Then the of gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them: ‘Shall I go against 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 , Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.’ And Jehoshaphat said: ‘Let not the say so.’
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John 3:19-21 John 7:7 Jeremiah 38:4 Amos 5:10 John 17:14 Micah 2:7 Jeremiah 43:3-4 1 Kings 22:27 1 Kings 22:13 Proverbs 9:8 Isaiah 3:11 Matthew 10:22 Psalm 34:21 Genesis 37:8 Isaiah 30:10 Jeremiah 18:18 Jeremiah 20:10 Zechariah 11:8 2 Chronicles 36:16 1 Kings 20:35-43 John 15:18-19 Proverbs 15:12 2 Kings 9:22 1 Kings 19:14 Micah 2:11 1 Kings 21:27-29 1 Kings 18:4 1 Kings 21:20 Galatians 4:16 1 Kings 19:10 Isaiah 57:19-21 Isaiah 49:7 Proverbs 5:12-14 Revelation 11:7-10 -
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Then the of called an officer, and said: ‘Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.’
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- 10 Now the of and Jehoshaphat the of sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in a threshing-floor, at the entrance of the gate of ; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
- 11 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.’
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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 unto him, saying: ‘Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the with one mouth, let thy , I pray thee, be like the of one of them, and speak thou good.’
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- 14 And Micaiah said: ‘As liveth, what saith unto me, 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 we forbear?’ And he answered him: ‘Go up, and prosper; and will deliver it into the hand of the .’
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And the said unto him: ‘How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the in the of ?’
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- 17 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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And he said: ‘Therefore thou the of . I saw sitting on His throne, and all the host of standing by Him on His right hand and on his left.
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Job 1:6 Daniel 7:9-10 Job 2:1 Matthew 18:10 Hebrews 1:7 Isaiah 6:1-3 Psalm 103:20-21 Hebrews 1:14 Ezekiel 1:26-28 Hebrews 12:22 Acts 7:55-56 Isaiah 1:10 Matthew 25:31 Amos 7:16 Zechariah 1:10 Isaiah 28:14 Jeremiah 2:4 Jeremiah 42:15 Revelation 5:11 Revelation 4:2-3 2 Chronicles 18:18-22 Jeremiah 29:20 Ezekiel 13:2 -
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And said: Who shall entice , that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead. And one said: On this manner; and another said: On that manner.
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And there came forth the , and stood before , and said: I will entice him.
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And said unto him: Wherewith? 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.
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Judges 9:23 Ezekiel 14:9 1 Kings 22:20 Job 2:4-6 1 John 4:6 Revelation 20:7 1 Samuel 19:9 Psalm 109:17 1 Samuel 18:10 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 Job 12:16 Revelation 13:14 Revelation 17:17 Revelation 20:10 Acts 5:3-4 Revelation 12:9-10 Revelation 16:13-14 John 8:44 Job 1:8-11 Revelation 20:3 1 Samuel 16:14 1 Timothy 4:1 - 23 Now therefore, behold, hath put a lying in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and hath spoken evil concerning thee.’
- 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: ‘Which way went the of from me to speak unto thee?’
- 25 And Micaiah said: ‘Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.’
- 26 And the of said: ‘Take 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 come in .’
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2 Chronicles 16:10 2 Chronicles 18:25-27 Jeremiah 37:15 Ephesians 3:1 Luke 12:45-46 Acts 5:18 Psalm 127:2 Mark 6:17-28 Revelation 2:10 Acts 24:25-27 Deuteronomy 16:3 Jeremiah 29:26 Psalm 102:9 Psalm 80:5 Isaiah 30:20 Jeremiah 38:6 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 Luke 3:20 Lamentations 3:53-55 James 4:13-14 Jeremiah 20:2 Acts 26:10 Acts 16:23-24 - 28 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 of went up to Ramoth-gilead.
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- 30 And the of said unto Jehoshaphat: ‘I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.’ And the of disguised himself, and went into the battle.
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Now the of Aram had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying: ‘Fight neither with small nor great, only with the of .’
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: ‘Surely it is the of Israel’; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.
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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 unto the driver of his 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; and the was stayed up in his chariot against the Arameans, and died at even; and the ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
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And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying: ‘Every man to his city, and every man to his country.’
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- 37 So the died, and was brought to ; and they buried the in .
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And they washed the chariot by the pool of ; and the dogs licked up his ; the harlots also washed themselves there; according unto the of which He spoke.
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- 39 Now the rest of the acts of , and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ?
- 40 So slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over in the fourth year of of .
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Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in . And his mother’s was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of ; howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
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And Jehoshaphat made with the of .
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ?
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- 46 And the remnant of the sodomites that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
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And there was no in : a deputy was .
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- 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
- 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of unto Jehoshaphat: ‘Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships.’ But Jehoshaphat would not.
- 50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
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Ahaziah the son of began to reign over in in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat of , and he reigned two years over .
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- 52 And he did that which was evil in the sight of , and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of the son of Nebat, wherein he made to sin.
- 53 And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked , the of , according to all that his father had done.