Verse 23
1 Kings 22:23
American Standard Version
23
Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ שֶׁ֔קֶר בְּ/פִ֖י כָּל נְבִיאֶ֣י/ךָ אֵ֑לֶּה וַֽ/יהוָ֔ה דִּבֶּ֥ר עָלֶ֖י/ךָ רָעָֽה
English Translation
And now behold, the LORD has put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all your prophets, and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of I...
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And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still,...
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And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said...
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them,...
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah...
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Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.
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Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in...
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these s...
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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will de...
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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the pro...
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And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.
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And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to b...
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And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but t...
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And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jeho...
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good conc...
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And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, an...
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And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said o...
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And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.
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And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in th...
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Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and J...
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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way we...
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And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hi...
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And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, an...
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and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction a...
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And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear,...
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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but pu...
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Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neith...
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is...
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that...
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And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the...
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And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, an...
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And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his c...
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So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
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And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlot...
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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 stead.
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41
And 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 and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five yea...
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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 ri...
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And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they n...
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And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of th...
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And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were br...
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Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ship...
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And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his fat...
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Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat...
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in...
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And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, a...
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