2 Chronicles 18

1 and to be to/for Jehoshaphat riches and glory to/for abundance and be related to/for Ahab

Now Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and highly honored, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.

2 and to go down to/for end year to(wards) Ahab to/for Samaria and to sacrifice to/for him Ahab flock and cattle to/for abundance and to/for people which with him and to incite him to/for to ascend: rise to(wards) Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead

Some years later he went to pay Ahab a visit in Samaria. Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people who accompanied him, and encouraged him to attack Ramoth-gilead.

3 and to say Ahab king Israel to(wards) Jehoshaphat king Judah to go: went with me Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead and to say to/for him like me like you and like/as people your people my and with you in/on/with battle

Ahab, king of Israel, asked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, “Would you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied, “You and I are as one, and my men and your men are as one. We will join forces with you in this war.”

4 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.”

5 and to gather king Israel [obj] [the] prophet four hundred man and to say to(wards) them to go: went to(wards) Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead to/for battle if to cease and to say to ascend: rise and to give: give [the] God 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 we go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” “Yes, go ahead,” they replied, “for God will hand it over to the king.”

6 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?”

7 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 nothing he to prophesy upon me to/for welfare for all day: always his to/for bad: evil he/she/it 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.

8 and to call: call to king Israel to(wards) eunuch one and to say to hasten (Micaiah *QK) son: child Imlah

The king of Israel called over one of his officials and told him, “Bring me Micaiah, son of Imlah, right away.”

9 and king Israel and Jehoshaphat king Judah to dwell man: anyone upon throne his to clothe garment and to dwell 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.

10 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!”

11 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.”

12 and [the] messenger which to go: went to/for to call: call to to/for Micaiah to speak: speak to(wards) him to/for to say behold word [the] prophet lip: according one pleasant to(wards) [the] king and to be please word your like/as 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.”

13 and to say Micaiah alive LORD for [obj] which to say God my [obj] him to speak: speak

But Micaiah replied, “As the Lord lives, I can only say what my God tells me.”

14 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 ascend: rise and to prosper and to give: give in/on/with hand: power your

When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Should we go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” “Yes, go ahead and be victorious,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be handed over to the king.”

15 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?”

16 and to say to see: see [obj] all Israel to scatter upon [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.’”

17 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 to/for bad: evil

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn't I tell you he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad?”

18 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 right his and 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.

19 and to say LORD who? to entice [obj] Ahab king Israel and to ascend: rise and to fall: fall in/on/with Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead and to say this to say thus and this to say 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.

20 and to come out: come [the] spirit and to stand: stand to/for face: before LORD and to say I to entice him and to say LORD to(wards) him in/on/with what?

Finally a spirit came and approached the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.’ ‘How are you going to do that?’ the Lord asked.

21 and to say to come out: come and to be to/for 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

‘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.’

22 and now behold to give: put LORD spirit deception in/on/with lip 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.”

23 and to approach: approach Zedekiah son: child Chenaanah and to smite [obj] Micaiah upon [the] jaw and to say where? this [the] way: direction 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?”

24 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.

25 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.

26 and to say thus to say [the] king to set: put this house: home [the] prison and to eat him food: bread oppression and water oppression till to return: return 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.’”

27 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!”

28 and to ascend: rise king Israel and Jehoshaphat king Judah to(wards) Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead

The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went to attack Ramoth-gilead.

29 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.

30 and king Syria to command [obj] ruler [the] chariot which to/for him to/for to say not to fight with [the] small with [the] 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.”

31 and to be like/as to see: see ruler [the] chariot [obj] Jehoshaphat and they(masc.) to say king Israel he/she/it and to turn: turn upon him to/for to fight and to cry out Jehoshaphat and LORD to help him and to incite them God from him

So when the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “There's the king of Israel!” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat called out for help, and the Lord did help him. God redirected them away from him,

32 and to be like/as to see: see ruler [the] chariot for not to be king Israel and to return: return from after him

for when the chariot commanders realized that he wasn't the king of Israel, they stopped chasing him.

33 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 to overturn (hand: themselves your *QK) 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!”

34 and to ascend: rise [the] battle in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and king Israel to be to stand: stand in/on/with chariot before Syria till [the] evening and to die to/for time to come (in): (sun)set [the] sun

The battle lasted all day. The king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot to face the Arameans until the evening. But he died at sunset.