Verse 5

1 Kings 22:5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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5 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: As I am, so art thou: my people and thy people are one: and my horsemen, thy horsemen. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, this day, the word of the Lord.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל דְּרָשׁ נָ֥א כַ/יּ֖וֹם אֶת דְּבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה

English Translation

And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire today of the word of the Lord."

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Chapter 22 Context

1 And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel. Focus ↗

2 And in the third year, Josaphat king of Juda came down to the king of Israel. Focus ↗

3 (And the king of Israel said to his servants: Know ye not-that Ramoth Galaad is ours, and we neglect... Focus ↗

4 And he said to Josaphat: Wilt thou come with me to battle to Ramoth Galaad ? Focus ↗

5 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: As I am, so art thou: my people and thy people are one: and...

6 Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall I... Focus ↗

7 And Josaphat said: Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him? Focus ↗

8 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord:... Focus ↗

9 Then the king of Israel called an eunuch, and said to him: Make haste, and bring hither Micheas the... Focus ↗

10 Then the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, sat each on his throne clothed with royal robes,... Focus ↗

11 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With the... Focus ↗

12 And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and prosper, for the... Focus ↗

13 And the messenger, that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets... Focus ↗

14 But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak. Focus ↗

15 So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, o... Focus ↗

16 But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is... Focus ↗

17 And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lo... Focus ↗

18 (Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, b... Focus ↗

19 And he added and said: Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his thron... Focus ↗

20 And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth Gal... Focus ↗

21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord... Focus ↗

22 And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord s... Focus ↗

23 Now therefore behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are he... Focus ↗

24 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spir... Focus ↗

25 And Micheas said: Thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamber within a chamber to hi... Focus ↗

26 And the king of Israel said: Take Micheas, and let him abide with Ammon the governor of the city, an... Focus ↗

27 And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, a... Focus ↗

28 And Micheas said: If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said: Hear, all ye... Focus ↗

29 So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda went up to Ramoth Galaad. Focus ↗

30 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Take armour, and go into the battle, and put on thy own gar... Focus ↗

31 And the king of Syria had commanded the two and thirty captains of the chariots, saying: You shall n... Focus ↗

32 So when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel, an... Focus ↗

33 And the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the king of and they turned away from him... Focus ↗

34 And a certain man bent his bow, shooting at a venture, and chanced to strike the king of Israel betw... Focus ↗

35 And the battle was fought that day, and the king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Syrians,... Focus ↗

36 And the herald proclaimed through all the army before the sun set, saying: Let every man return to h... Focus ↗

37 And the king died, b and was carried into Samaria: and they buried the king in Samaria. Focus ↗

38 And they washed his chariot in the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and they washe... Focus ↗

39 But the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he made, and all... Focus ↗

40 So Achab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead. Focus ↗

41 But Josaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Juda in the fourth year of Achab king of Israel. Focus ↗

42 He was five and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned five and twenty years in Jer... Focus ↗

43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which w... Focus ↗

44 Nevertheless he took not away the high places: for as Set the people offered sacrifices and burnt in... Focus ↗

45 And Josaphat had peace with the king of Israel. Focus ↗

46 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his works which he did, and his bat- ties, are they not wr... Focus ↗

47 And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out of t... Focus ↗

48 And there was then no king appointed in Edom. Focus ↗

49 But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for th... Focus ↗

50 Then Ochozias the ton of Achab said to Josaphat: Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships.... Focus ↗

51 And Josaphat slept with his fathers. and was buried with them in the city of David his father: and J... Focus ↗

52 And Ochozias the son of Achab began to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the seventeenth gear of Josa... Focus ↗

53 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in... Focus ↗

54 He served also Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel, according... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 22 (54 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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