1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab. 2And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and induced him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 3And Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war. 4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, please, for the word of Yehovah. 5Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king. 6But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here another prophet of Yehovah, that we may inquire of him? 7And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yehovah: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Do not let the king say so. 8Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, Thus says Yehovah, With these you shall gore the Syrians, until they are consumed. 11And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Yehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king. 12And the messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let your word therefore, please, be like one of theirs, and speak good. 13And Micaiah said, As Yehovah lives, what my God says, that I will speak. 14And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And he said, Go up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15And 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 Yehovah? 16And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace. 17And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? 18And Micaiah said, Therefore hear the word of Yehovah: I saw Yehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19And Yehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20And there came out a spirit, and stood before Yehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Yehovah said to him, With what? 21And he said, I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall entice him, and shall prevail also: go out, and do so. 22Now therefore, behold, Yehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yehovah has spoken evil concerning you. 23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of Yehovah go from me to speak to you? 24And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. 25And 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; 26and 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 return in peace. 27And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, you peoples, all of you. 28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle. 30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel. 31And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yehovah helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 33And a certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded. 34And the battle increased that day: however, the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Syrians until the evening; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.