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وَأَقَامُوا ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ بِدُونِ حَرْبٍ بَيْنَ أَرَامَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ. ١ 1
For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ نَزَلَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٢ 2
Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ لَنَا وَنَحْنُ سَاكِتُونَ عَنْ أَخْذِهَا مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ؟» ٣ 3
[While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
وَقَالَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «أَتَذْهَبُ مَعِي لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ؟» فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مَثَلِي مَثَلُكَ. شَعْبِي كَشَعْبِكَ، وَخَيْلِي كَخَيْلِكَ». ٤ 4
Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «ٱسْأَلِ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَنْ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ». ٥ 5
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
فَجَمَعَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ، نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَأَذْهَبُ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ لِلْقِتَالِ أَمْ أَمْتَنِعُ؟» فَقَالُوا: «ٱصْعَدْ فَيَدْفَعَهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ لِيَدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». ٦ 6
So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «أَمَا يُوجَدُ هُنَا بَعْدُ نَبِيٌّ لِلرَّبِّ فَنَسْأَلَ مِنْهُ؟» ٧ 7
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «إِنَّهُ يُوجَدُ بَعْدُ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ لِسُؤَالِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي أُبْغِضُهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ عَلَيَّ خَيْرًا بَلْ شَرًّا، وَهُوَ مِيخَا بْنُ يَمْلَةَ». فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «لَا يَقُلِ ٱلْمَلِكُ هَكَذَا». ٨ 8
The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
فَدَعَا مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ خَصِيًّا وَقَالَ: «أَسْرِعْ إِلَيَّ بِمِيخَا بْنِ يَمْلَةَ». ٩ 9
So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
وَكَانَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا جَالِسَيْنِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، لَابِسَيْنِ ثِيَابَهُمَا فِي سَاحَةٍ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ أَمَامَهُمَا. ١٠ 10
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
وَعَمِلَ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ كَنْعَنَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ قَرْنَيْ حَدِيدٍ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: بِهَذِهِ تَنْطَحُ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ حَتَّى يَفْنَوْا». ١١ 11
One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
وَتَنَبَّأَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ هَكَذَا قَائِلِينَ: «ٱصْعَدْ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ وَأَفْلِحْ، فَيَدْفَعَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». ١٢ 12
All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّسُولُ ٱلَّذِي ذَهَبَ لِيَدْعُوَ مِيخَا فَكَلَّمَهُ قَائِلًا: «هُوَذَا كَلَامُ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ بِفَمٍ وَاحِدٍ خَيْرٌ لِلْمَلِكِ، فَلْيَكُنْ كَلَامُكَ مِثْلَ كَلَامِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَتَكَلَّمْ بِخَيْرٍ». ١٣ 13
Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ بِهِ أَتَكَلَّمُ». ١٤ 14
But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
وَلَمَّا أَتَى إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ قَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «يَا مِيخَا، أَنَصْعَدُ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ لِلْقِتَالِ، أَمْ نَمْتَنِعُ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱصْعَدْ وَأَفْلِحْ فَيَدْفَعَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». ١٥ 15
When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «كَمْ مَرَّةٍ ٱسْتَحْلَفْتُكَ أَنْ لَا تَقُولَ لِي إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ». ١٦ 16
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
فَقَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُشَتَّتِينَ عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَخِرَافٍ لَا رَاعِيَ لَهَا. فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لَيْسَ لِهَؤُلَاءِ أَصْحَابٌ، فَلْيَرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ بِسَلَامٍ». ١٧ 17
So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «أَمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ عَلَيَّ خَيْرًا بَلْ شَرًّا؟» ١٨ 18
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
وَقَالَ: «فَٱسْمَعْ إِذًا كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ٱلرَّبَّ جَالِسًا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، وَكُلُّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وُقُوفٌ لَدَيْهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ. ١٩ 19
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: مَنْ يُغْوِي أَخْآبَ فَيَصْعَدَ وَيَسْقُطَ فِي رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ؟ فَقَالَ هَذَا هَكَذَا، وَقَالَ ذَاكَ هَكَذَا. ٢٠ 20
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ٱلرُّوحُ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: أَنَا أُغْوِيهِ. وَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: بِمَاذَا؟ ٢١ 21
Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
فَقَالَ: أَخْرُجُ وَأَكُونُ رُوحَ كَذِبٍ فِي أَفْوَاهِ جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ تُغْوِيهِ وَتَقْتَدِرُ، فَٱخْرُجْ وَٱفْعَلْ هَكَذَا. ٢٢ 22
Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
وَٱلْآنَ هُوَذَا قَدْ جَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ رُوحَ كَذِبٍ فِي أَفْوَاهِ جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَٱلرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ بِشَرٍّ». ٢٣ 23
So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
فَتَقَدَّمَ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ كَنْعَنَةَ وَضَرَبَ مِيخَا عَلَى ٱلْفَكِّ وَقَالَ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ عَبَرَ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنِّي لِيُكَلِّمَكَ؟» ٢٤ 24
Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «إِنَّكَ سَتَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي تَدْخُلُ فِيهِ مِنْ مِخْدَعٍ إِلَى مِخْدَعٍ لِتَخْتَبِئَ». ٢٥ 25
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «خُذْ مِيخَا وَرُدَّهُ إِلَى آمُونَ رَئِيسِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَإِلَى يُوآشَ ٱبْنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، ٢٦ 26
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
وَقُلْ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: ضَعُوا هَذَا فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ، وَأَطْعِمُوهُ خُبْزَ ٱلضِّيقِ وَمَاءَ ٱلضِّيقِ حَتَّى آتِيَ بِسَلَامٍ». ٢٧ 27
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ بِسَلَامٍ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمِ ٱلرَّبُّ بِي». وَقَالَ: «ٱسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلشَّعْبُ أَجْمَعُونَ». ٢٨ 28
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
فَصَعِدَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ. ٢٩ 29
So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «إِنِّي أَتَنَكَّرُ وَأَدْخُلُ ٱلْحَرْبَ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَٱلْبَسْ ثِيَابَكَ». فَتَنَكَّرَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَدَخَلَ ٱلْحَرْبَ. ٣٠ 30
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
وَأَمَرَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ ٱلَّتِي لَهُ، ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ وَٱلثَّلَاثِينَ، وَقَالَ: «لَا تُحَارِبُوا صَغِيرًا وَلَا كَبِيرًا إِلَّا مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَحْدَهُ». ٣١ 31
The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
فَلَمَّا رَأَى رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، قَالُوا: «إِنَّهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ» فَمَالُوا عَلَيْهِ لِيُقَاتِلُوهُ، فَصَرَخَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ. ٣٢ 32
So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
فَلَمَّا رَأَى رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجَعُوا عَنْهُ. ٣٣ 33
they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
وَإِنَّ رَجُلًا نَزَعَ فِي قَوْسِهِ غَيْرَ مُتَعَمِّدٍ وَضَرَبَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْنَ أَوْصَالِ ٱلدِّرْعِ. فَقَالَ لِمُدِيرِ مَرْكَبَتِهِ: «رُدَّ يَدَكَ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنَ ٱلْجَيْشِ لِأَنِّي قَدْ جُرِحْتُ». ٣٤ 34
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
وَٱشْتَدَّ ٱلْقِتَالُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَأُوقِفَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ مُقَابِلَ أَرَامَ، وَمَاتَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَسَاءِ، وَجَرَى دَمُ ٱلْجُرْحِ إِلَى حِضْنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ. ٣٥ 35
The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
وَعَبَرَتِ ٱلرَّنَّةُ فِي ٱلْجُنْدِ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ ٱلشَّمْسِ قَائِلًا: «كُلُّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ، وَكُلُّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ». ٣٦ 36
Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
فَمَاتَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلسَّامِرَةَ فَدَفَنُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. ٣٧ 37
So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
وَغُسِلَتِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةُ فِي بِرْكَةِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ فَلَحَسَتِ ٱلْكِلَابُ دَمَهُ، وَغَسَلُوا سِلَاحَهُ. حَسَبَ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ. ٣٨ 38
They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ أَخْآبَ وَكُلُّ مَا فَعَلَ، وَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَاجِ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلَّتِي بَنَاهَا، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ ٣٩ 39
The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
فَٱضْطَجَعَ أَخْآبُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَمَلَكَ أَخَزْيَا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ. ٤٠ 40
When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
وَمَلَكَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ آسَا عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِأَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٤١ 41
Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
وَكَانَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ ٱبْنَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي. ٤٢ 42
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
وَسَارَ فِي كُلِّ طَرِيقِ آسَا أَبِيهِ. لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا، إِذْ عَمِلَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ. إِلَّا أَنَّ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ تُنْتَزِعْ، بَلْ كَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لَا يَزَالُ يَذْبَحُ وَيُوقِدُ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ. ٤٣ 43
Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
وَصَالَحَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٤٤ 44
Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ وَجَبَرُوتُهُ ٱلَّذِي أَظْهَرَهُ، وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ، أَمَاهِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟ ٤٥ 45
All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
وَبَقِيَّةُ ٱلْمَأْبُونِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا فِي أَيَّامِ آسَا أَبِيهِ أَبَادَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. ٤٦ 46
Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أَدُومَ مَلِكٌ. مَلَكَ وَكِيلٌ. ٤٧ 47
At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
وَعَمِلَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ سُفُنَ تَرْشِيشَ لِكَيْ تَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلذَّهَبِ، فَلَمْ تَذْهَبْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلسُّفُنَ تَكَسَّرَتْ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ. ٤٨ 48
Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ أَخْآبَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «لِيَذْهَبْ عَبِيدِي مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ فِي ٱلسُّفُنِ». فَلَمْ يَشَأْ يَهُوشَافَاطُ. ٤٩ 49
Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
وَٱضْطَجَعَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، فَمَلَكَ يَهُورَامُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ. ٥٠ 50
When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
أَخَزْيَا بْنُ أَخْآبَ مَلَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّابِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا. مَلَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ سَنَتَيْنِ. ٥١ 51
Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ أَبِيهِ وَطَرِيقِ أُمِّهِ، وَطَرِيقِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يُخْطِئُ، ٥٢ 52
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
وَعَبَدَ ٱلْبَعْلَ وَسَجَدَ لَهُ وَأَغَاظَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ. ٥٣ 53
Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.

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