Verse 20
1 Kings 22:20
GOD'S WORD Translation
20
Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing; and another said another.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה מִ֤י יְפַתֶּה֙ אֶת אַחְאָ֔ב וְ/יַ֕עַל וְ/יִפֹּ֖ל בְּ/רָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר זֶה֙ בְּ/כֹ֔ה וְ/זֶ֥ה אֹמֵ֖ר בְּ/כֹֽה
English Translation
And the LORD said, "Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead?" And one said this, and another said that.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
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The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, an...
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He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?”
Jehoshaphat said to the ki...
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5
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for Yahweh’s word.”
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6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “S...
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But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?”
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8
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Mica...
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9
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
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10
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in...
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11
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you wi...
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12
All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will delive...
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13
The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “See now, the prophets declare good to...
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14
Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.”
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15
When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle...
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16
The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the t...
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17
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said,...
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18
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concernin...
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19
Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of...
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20
Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing...
21
A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
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22
Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’
He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all hi...
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Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Ya...
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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way...
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25
Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
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The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to...
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27
Say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and...
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28
Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all yo...
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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
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30
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put...
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31
Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight wi...
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32
When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” a...
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33
When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from purs...
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34
A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor....
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35
The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died a...
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36
A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and...
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37
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
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38
They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitut...
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39
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all t...
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40
So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
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41
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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42
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Je...
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43
He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right...
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44
Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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45
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t the...
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46
The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the la...
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47
There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
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48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go; for the ships wrecke...
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49
Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ship...
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50
Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jeho...
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51
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat...
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52
He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of...
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53
He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, to anger, in all...
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