< 1 Kings 22 >

1 and to dwell three year nothing battle between Syria and between Israel
For three years Aram and Israel were not at war.
2 and to be in/on/with year [the] third and to go down Jehoshaphat king Judah to(wards) king Israel
But in the third year Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went to visit the king of Israel.
3 and to say king Israel to(wards) servant/slave his to know for to/for us Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead and we be silent from to take: take [obj] her from hand: power king Syria
The king of Israel had said to his officers, “Aren't you aware that Ramoth-gilead really belongs to us and yet we haven't done anything to take it back from the king of Aram?”
4 and to say to(wards) Jehoshaphat to go: went with me to/for battle Ramoth Gilead and to say Jehoshaphat to(wards) king Israel like me like you like/as people my like/as people your like/as horse my like/as horse your
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you join me in an attack to recapture Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “You and I are as one, my men and your men are as one, and my horses and your horses are as one.”
5 and to say Jehoshaphat to(wards) king Israel to seek please like/as day: today [obj] word LORD
Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “But first though, please find out what the Lord says.”
6 and to gather king Israel [obj] [the] prophet like/as four hundred man and to say to(wards) them to go: went upon Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead to/for battle if to cease and to say to ascend: rise and to give: give Lord in/on/with hand: power [the] king
So the king of Israel brought out the prophets—four hundred of them—and he asked them, “Should I go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” “Yes, go ahead,” they replied, “for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
7 and to say Jehoshaphat nothing here prophet to/for LORD still and to seek from [obj] him
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn't there another prophet of the Lord here that we can ask?”
8 and to say king Israel to(wards) Jehoshaphat still man one to/for to seek [obj] LORD from [obj] him and I to hate him for not to prophesy upon me pleasant that if: except if: except bad: evil Micaiah son: child Imlah and to say Jehoshaphat not to say [the] king so
“Yes, there's another man who could consult the Lord,” the king of Israel replied, “but I don't like him because he never prophesies anything good for me—it's always bad! His name is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” “You shouldn't talk like that,” said Jehoshaphat.
9 and to call: call to king Israel to(wards) eunuch one and to say to hasten [emph?] Micaiah son: child Imlah
The king of Israel called over one of his officials and told him, “Bring me Micaiah, son of Imlah, right away.”
10 and king Israel and Jehoshaphat king Judah to dwell man: anyone upon throne his to clothe garment in/on/with threshing floor entrance gate Samaria and all [the] prophet to prophesy to/for face: before their
Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor beside the gate of Samaria, with all of the prophets prophesying in front of them.
11 and to make to/for him Zedekiah son: child Chenaanah horn iron and to say thus to say LORD in/on/with these to gore [obj] Syria till to end: destroy them
One of them, Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, had made himself iron horns. He announced, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these horns you will gore the Arameans until they're dead!”
12 and all [the] prophet to prophesy so to/for to say to ascend: rise Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead and to prosper and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power [the] king
All the prophets were prophesying the same thing, saying, “Go ahead, attack Ramoth-gilead; you will be successful, for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
13 and [the] messenger which to go: went to/for to call: call to Micaiah to speak: speak to(wards) him to/for to say behold please word [the] prophet lip: according one pleasant to(wards) [the] king to be please (word your *QK) like/as word one from them and to speak: speak pleasant
The messenger who went to call Micaiah told him, “Look, all the prophets are unanimous in prophesying positively to the king. So please make sure to speak positively like them.”
14 and to say Micaiah alive LORD for [obj] which to say LORD to(wards) me [obj] him to speak: speak
But Micaiah replied, “As the Lord lives, I can only say what my God tells me.”
15 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king and to say [the] king to(wards) him Micaiah to go: went to(wards) Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead to/for battle if to cease and to say to(wards) him to ascend: rise and to prosper and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power [the] king
When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Should we go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should we not?” “Yes, go ahead and be victorious,” Micaiah replied, “for the Lord will give it into the king's hand.”
16 and to say to(wards) him [the] king till like/as what? beat I to swear you which not to speak: speak to(wards) me except truth: true in/on/with name LORD
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me only the truth in the name of the Lord?”
17 and to say to see: see [obj] all Israel to scatter to(wards) [the] mountain: mount like/as flock which nothing to/for them to pasture and to say LORD not lord to/for these to return: return man: anyone to/for house: home his in/on/with peace
So Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These people have no master; let each of them go home in peace.’”
18 and to say king Israel to(wards) Jehoshaphat not to say to(wards) you not to prophesy upon me pleasant that if: except if: except bad: evil
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn't I tell you he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad?”
19 and to say to/for so to hear: hear word LORD to see: see [obj] LORD to dwell upon throne his and all army [the] heaven to stand: stand upon him from right his and from left his
Micaiah went on to say, “So listen to what the Lord says. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, surrounded by the whole army of heaven standing to his right and to his left.
20 and to say LORD who? to entice [obj] Ahab and to ascend: rise and to fall: kill in/on/with Ramoth Gilead and to say this in/on/with thus and this to say in/on/with thus
The Lord asked, ‘Who will trick Ahab, king of Israel, into attacking Ramoth-gilead so he will be killed there?’ One said this, another said that, and another said something else.
21 and to come out: come [the] spirit and to stand: stand to/for face: before LORD and to say I to entice him
Finally a spirit came and approached the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.’
22 and to say LORD to(wards) him in/on/with what? and to say to come out: come and to be spirit deception in/on/with lip all prophet his and to say to entice and also be able to come out: come and to make: do so
‘How are you going to do that?’ the Lord asked. ‘I will go and be a lying spirit and make all his prophets tell lies,’ the spirit replied. ‘That will work,’ the Lord responded. ‘Go and do it.’
23 and now behold to give: put LORD spirit deception in/on/with lip all prophet your these and LORD to speak: promise upon you distress: harm
As you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced your death sentence.”
24 and to approach: approach Zedekiah son: child Chenaanah and to smite [obj] Micaiah upon [the] jaw and to say where? this to pass spirit LORD from with me to/for to speak: speak with you
Then Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, went and slapped Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go when he left me to speak to you?”
25 and to say Micaiah look! you to see: see in/on/with day [the] he/she/it which to come (in): come chamber in/on/with chamber to/for to hide
“You'll soon find out when you try and find some secret place to hide!” Micaiah replied.
26 and to say king Israel to take: take [obj] Micaiah and to return: return him to(wards) Amon ruler [the] city and to(wards) Joash son: child [the] king
The king of Israel ordered, “Place Micaiah under arrest and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to my son Joash.
27 and to say thus to say [the] king to set: put [obj] this house: home [the] prison and to eat him food: bread oppression and water oppression till to come (in): come I in/on/with peace
Tell them these are the king's instructions: ‘Put this man in jail. Give him only bread and water until my safe return.’”
28 and to say Micaiah if to return: return to return: return in/on/with peace not to speak: speak LORD in/on/with me and to say to hear: hear people all their
“If you do in fact return safely then the Lord has not spoken through me,” Micaiah declared. “Pay attention everyone to all I've said!”
29 and to ascend: rise king Israel and Jehoshaphat king Judah Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went to attack Ramoth-gilead.
30 and to say king Israel to(wards) Jehoshaphat to search and to come (in): come in/on/with battle and you(m. s.) to clothe garment your and to search king Israel and to come (in): come in/on/with battle
The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, “When I go into battle I will be in disguise, but you should wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
31 and king Syria to command [obj] ruler [the] chariot which to/for him thirty and two to/for to say not to fight with small and with great: large that if: except if: except with king Israel to/for alone him
The king of Aram had already given these orders to his chariot commanders: “Head straight for the king of Israel alone. Don't fight with anyone else, whoever they are.”
32 and to be like/as to see: see ruler [the] chariot [obj] Jehoshaphat and they(masc.) to say surely king Israel he/she/it and to turn aside: turn aside upon him to/for to fight and to cry out Jehoshaphat
So when the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “This must be the king of Israel!” So they turned to attack him, but when Jehoshaphat called out for help,
33 and to be like/as to see: see ruler [the] chariot for not king Israel he/she/it and to return: return from after him
the chariot commanders saw it wasn't the king of Israel and stopped chasing him.
34 and man: anyone to draw in/on/with bow to/for integrity his and to smite [obj] king Israel between [the] joint and between [the] armor and to say to/for charioteer his to overturn hand: themselves your and to come out: send me from [the] camp for be weak: ill
However, an enemy archer shot an arrow at random, hitting the king of Israel between the joints of his armor by his breastplate. The king told his charioteer, “Turn around and get me out of the fight, because I've been wounded!”
35 and to ascend: rise [the] battle in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and [the] king to be to stand: stand in/on/with chariot before Syria and to die in/on/with evening and to pour: pour blood [the] wound to(wards) bosom: lap [the] chariot
The battle lasted all day. The king of Israel was propped up in his chariot to face the Arameans, but in the evening he died. The blood had poured out of his wound onto the floor of the chariot.
36 and to pass [the] cry in/on/with camp like/as to come (in): (sun)set [the] sun to/for to say man: anyone to(wards) city his and man: anyone to(wards) land: country/planet his
At sunset, a shout went out from the lines: “Retreat! Every man back to his town, every man back to his own country!”
37 and to die [the] king and to come (in): come Samaria and to bury [obj] [the] king in/on/with Samaria
So the king died. He was taken back to Samaria where they buried him.
38 and to overflow [obj] [the] chariot upon pool Samaria and to lick [the] dog [obj] blood his and [the] to fornicate to wash: wash like/as word LORD which to speak: speak
They washed his chariot at a pool in Samaria where the prostitutes came to bathe, and dogs licked up his blood, just as the Lord had said.
39 and remainder word: deed Ahab and all which to make: do and house: home [the] tooth: ivory which to build and all [the] city which to build not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel
The rest of what happened in Ahab's reign, all that he did, the ivory palace he constructed and all the cities he built are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
40 and to lie down: be dead Ahab with father his and to reign Ahaziah son: child his underneath: instead him
Ahab died and his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
41 and Jehoshaphat son: child Asa to reign upon Judah in/on/with year four to/for Ahab king Israel
Jehoshaphat, son of Asa, became king of Judah in the fourth year of the reign of Ahab, king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat son: aged thirty and five year in/on/with to reign he and twenty and five year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Azubah daughter Shilhi
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
43 and to go: walk in/on/with all way: conduct Asa father his not to turn aside: turn aside from him to/for to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: seeing LORD surely [the] high place not to turn aside: remove still [the] people to sacrifice and to offer: offer in/on/with high place
He followed all the ways of his father; he did not depart from them, and he did what was right in the Lord's sight. However, the high places were not removed and the people still sacrificed and presented offerings there.
44 and to ally Jehoshaphat with king Israel
Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
45 and remainder word: deed Jehoshaphat and might his which to make: do and which to fight not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book word: deed [the] day to/for king Judah
The rest of what happened in Jehoshaphat's reign, his great achievements and the wars he fought are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
46 and remainder [the] male cult prostitute which to remain in/on/with day Asa father his to burn: burn from [the] land: country/planet
He expelled from the land any cult prostitutes who were left from the time of his father Asa.
47 and king nothing in/on/with Edom to stand king
(At that time there was no king in Edom; only a deputy who served as king.)
48 Jehoshaphat (to make: do *QK) fleet Tarshish to/for to go: went Ophir [to] to/for gold and not to go: went for (to break *QK) fleet in/on/with Ezion-geber Ezion-geber
Jehoshaphat built sea-going ships to go to Ophir for gold, but they went because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
49 then to say Ahaziah son: child Ahab to(wards) Jehoshaphat to go: went servant/slave my with servant/slave your in/on/with fleet and not be willing Jehoshaphat
During that time Ahaziah, son of Ahab, asked Jehoshaphat, “Let my men sail with your men,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
50 and to lie down: be dead Jehoshaphat with father his and to bury with father his in/on/with city David father his and to reign Jehoram son: child his underneath: instead him
Jehoshaphat died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
51 Ahaziah son: child Ahab to reign upon Israel in/on/with Samaria in/on/with year seven ten to/for Jehoshaphat king Judah and to reign upon Israel year
Ahaziah, son of Ahab, became king of Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.
52 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct father his and in/on/with way: conduct mother his and in/on/with way: conduct Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel
He did what was evil in the Lord's sight and followed the ways of his father and mother, and of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
53 and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal and to bow to/for him and to provoke [obj] LORD God Israel like/as all which to make: do father his
He served Baal and worshiped him, and angered the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had.

< 1 Kings 22 >