1 Kings
1 Kings 22
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1 Kings 22 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And they continued three years without war between and . And it came to pass in the third year, that the king of came down to the king of . And the king of said unto his servants, Know ye that in is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of ? And he said unto , Wilt thou go with me to battle to -? And said to the king of , I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. And said unto the king of , Enquire, I pray thee, at of the LORD to day. Then the king of gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against - to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. And said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? And the king of said unto , There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of , by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And said, Let not the king say so. Then the king of called an officer, and said, Hasten hither the son of . And the king of and the king of sat each his throne, having their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of ; and all the prophets prophesied before them. And the son of made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the , until thou have consumed them. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to -, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand. And the messenger that was gone to call spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like of one of them, and speak that which is good. And said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against - to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? And he said, I saw all scattered upon the hills, as that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. And the king of said unto , Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? And he said, Hear thou therefore of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him his right hand and his left. And the LORD said, Who shall persuade , that he may go up and fall at -? And one said this manner, and another said that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. But the son of went near, and smote the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? And said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. And the king of said, Take , and carry him back unto the governor of the city, and to the king’s son; And say, Thus saith the king, this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. And said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. So the king of and the king of went up to -. And the king of said unto , I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but thou thy robes. And the king of disguised himself, and went into the battle. But the king of commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of . And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw , that they said, Surely it is the king of . And they turned aside to fight against him: and cried out. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of , that they turned back from pursuing him. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his , Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his against the , and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the . And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. So the king died, and was brought to ; and they buried the king in . And one washed the in the pool of ; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto of the LORD which he spake. Now the rest of the acts of , and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? So slept with his fathers; and his son reigned in his stead. And the son of began to reign over in the fourth year of king of . was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in . And his mother’s name was the daughter of . And he walked in all the ways of his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. And made peace with the king of . Now the rest of the acts of , and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And the of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father , he took out of the land. There was then no king in : a deputy was king. made ships of to go to for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at -geber. Then said the son of unto , Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But would not. And slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father: and his son reigned in his stead. Ahaziah the son of began to reign over in the seventeenth year of king of , and reigned two years over . And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of the son of , who made to sin: For he served , and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of , according to all that his father had done.