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18:1 Jehoshaphat <03092> was <01961> very wealthy <06239> and greatly <07230> respected <03519>. He made an alliance <02859> by marriage with Ahab <0256>, 18:2 and after <07093> several years <08141> went down <03381> to <0413> visit Ahab <0256> in Samaria <08111>. Ahab <0256> slaughtered <02076> many <07230> sheep <06629> and cattle <01241> to honor Jehoshaphat and those <05971> who <0834> came with <05973> him. He persuaded <05496> him to <0413> join in an attack <05927> against Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 18:3 King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Will you go <01980> with <05973> me to attack Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>?” Jehoshaphat replied <0559> to the king <04428> of Israel, “I will support you; my army <05971> is at your disposal and will support <05973> you in battle <04421>.” 18:4 Then Jehoshaphat <03092> added <0559>, “First <04994> seek <01875> an oracle <01697> from the Lord <03068>.” 18:5 So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> assembled <06908> 400 <03967> <0702> prophets <05030> and asked <0559> them, “Should we attack <04421> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” They said <0559>, “Attack <05927>! God <0430> will hand <03027> it over to the king <04428>.” 18:6 But Jehoshaphat <03092> asked <0559>, “Is there not <0369> a prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068> still <05750> here <06311>, that we may ask <01875> him?” 18:7 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <0559> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “There is still <05750> one <0259> man <0376> through whom we can seek <01875> the Lord’s <03069> will. But I <0589> despise <08130> him because <03588> he does not <0369> prophesy <05012> prosperity <02896> for <05921> me, but <03588> always <03117> <03605> disaster <07451>. His <01931> name is Micaiah <04321> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>. Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, “The king <04428> should not <0408> say <0559> such things <03651>!” 18:8 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> summoned <07121> an officer <05631> and said <0559>, “Quickly <04116> bring Micaiah <04318> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>.” 18:9 Now the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> were sitting <03427> on <05921> their respective thrones <03678>, dressed in <03847> their royal robes <0899>, at the threshing floor <01637> at the entrance <06607> of the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>. All <03605> the prophets <05030> were prophesying <05012> before <06440> them. 18:10 Zedekiah <06667> son <01121> of Kenaanah <03668> made <06213> iron <01270> horns <07161> and said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘With these <0428> you will gore <05055> Syria <0758> until <05704> they are destroyed <03615>!’” 18:11 All <03605> the prophets <05030> were prophesying <05012> the same <03651>, saying <0559>, “Attack <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>! You will succeed <06743>; the Lord <03068> will hand <03027> <05414> it over <03027> <05414> to the king <04428>!” 18:12 Now the messenger <04397> who <0834> went <01980> to summon <07121> Micaiah <04321> said <01696> to <0413> him, “Look <02009>, the prophets <05030> are in complete <0259> <06310> agreement <02896> that the king <04428> will succeed <01961>. Your words <01697> must agree <0259> with theirs <01992>; you must predict <01696> success <02896>!” 18:13 But Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, “As certainly <03588> as the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, I will say <0559> what <0834> my God <0430> tells me to say <01696>!” 18:14 Micaiah came <0935> before <0413> the king <04428> and the king <04428> asked <0559> him, “Micaiah <04318>, should <0413> we attack <04421> <0413> <01980> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” He answered <0559> him, “Attack <05927>! You will succeed <06743>; they will be handed <03027> <05414> over to you.” 18:15 The king <04428> said <0559> to <0413> him, “How many <04100> <05704> times <06471> must I <0589> make <07650> you solemnly promise <07650> in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> to tell <01696> me only <07535> the truth <0571>?” 18:16 Micaiah replied <0559>, “I saw <07200> all <03605> Israel <03478> scattered <06327> on <05921> the mountains <02022> like sheep <06629> that <0834> have no <0369> shepherd <07462>. Then the Lord <03068> said <0559>, ‘They <0428> have no <03808> master <0113>. They <0376> should go <07725> home <01004> in peace <07965>.’” 18:17 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Didn’t <03808> I tell <0559> you he does not <03808> prophesy <05012> prosperity <02896> for <05921> me, but <0518> disaster <07451>?” 18:18 Micaiah said <0559>, “That being the case <03651>, hear <08085> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>: I saw <07200> the Lord <03068> sitting <03427> on <05921> his throne <03678>, with all <03605> the heavenly <08064> assembly <06635> standing <05975> on <05921> his right <03225> and on his left <08040>.

• 2Ch 18:1--19:3 -- Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab

• ZEDEKIAH (1)

  [isbe] ZEDEKIAH (1) - zed-e-ki'-a (tsidhqiyahu, tsidhqiyah, "Yah my righteousness"; Sedekia, Sedekias): (1) The son of Chenaanah (1 Ki 22:11,24; 2 Ch 18:10,23). Zedekiah was apparently the leader and spokesman of the 400 prophets a...
  

• VOID

  [isbe] VOID - void: The uses of "void" in English Versions of the Bible are all modern, except for the phrase "void place" in the King James Version 1 Ki 22:10 parallel 2 Ch 18:9 (the Revised Version (British and American) "open");...
  

• SHEPHERD

  [isbe] SHEPHERD - shep'-erd (ro`eh, ro`i; poimen, "a feeder"): The sheep owner frequently tends the flocks himself (Gen 4:4; 30:40; compare Ezek 34:12), but more often he delegates the work to his children (Gen 29:9; 1 Sam 16:19; 1...
  

• SHEEP

  [isbe] SHEEP - shep: 1. Names: The usual Hebrew word is tso'n, which is often translated "flock," e.g. "Abel .... brought of the firstlings of his flock" (Gen 4:4); "butter of the herd, and milk of the flock" (Dt 32:14). The King J...
  

• Ramoth-gilead

  [isbe] RAMOTH-GILEAD - ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an importan...
  [nave] RAMOTH-GILEAD Called also Ramah, 2 Kin. 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6. A city of Gad, and a city of refuge, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 1 Chr. 6:80. One of Solomon's commissaries at, 1 Kin. 4:13. In the possession of the Syrians, 1 Kin. ...
  

• Preaching

  [nave] PREACHING, the act of exhorting, prophesying, reproving, teaching. Solomon called preacher, Eccl. 1:1, 12. Noah called preacher, 2 Pet. 2:5. Sitting while, Matt. 5:1; Luke 4:20; 5:3. Moses, slow of speech, Ex. 4:10-12. Re...
  

• OPEN PLACE

  [isbe] OPEN PLACE - (1) The "open place" of Gen 38:14 the King James Version, in which Tamar sat, has come from a misunderstanding of the Hebrew, the translators having taken bephethach `enayim to mean "in an opening publicly," ins...
  

• Micaiah

  [isbe] MICAIAH - mi-ka'-ya, mi-ki'-a (mikhayahu, "who is like Yah?"; Meichaias): A frequently occurring Old Testament name occasionally contracted to MICA or MICAH (which see). In the King James Version it is usually spelled "Micha...
  [smith] (who is like God?). Micahiah, the son of Imlah, was a prophet of Samaria, who in the last year of the reign of Ahab king of Israel predicted his defeat and death, B.C. 897. (1 Kings 22:1-35; 2 Chronicles 18:1) ...
  [nave] MICAIAH, a prophet who reproved King Ahab, 1 Kin. 22:8-28; 2 Chr. 18:4-27.
  

• KING

  [smith] "a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country." --Webster. In the Bible the word does not necessarily imply great power or great extent of country. Many persons are called kings whom we s...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• JEHOSHAPHAT (2)

  [isbe] JEHOSHAPHAT (2) - je-hosh'-a-fat (yehoshaphaT, "Yahweh judges"): The 4th king of Judah, son of Asa. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, of whom nothing further is known. He was 35 years of age at his accession, an...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• IMLA; IMLAH

  [isbe] IMLA; IMLAH - im'-la (yimlah, "fullness"?): Father of the prophet Micaiah (1 Ki 22:8,9; 2 Ch 18:7,8).
  

• HOST OF HEAVEN

  [isbe] HOST OF HEAVEN - (tsebha' hashamayim): The expression is employed in the Old Testament to denote (1) the stars, frequently as objects of idolatry (Dt 4:19; 17:3; 2 Ki 17:16; 21:3,1; 23:4 f; Jer 8:2; 19:13; Zeph 1:5), but als...
  

• HORN

  [isbe] HORN - horn (Hebrew and Aramaic qeren; keras; for the "ram's horn" (yobhel) of Josh 6 see MUSIC, and for the "inkhorn" of Ezek 9 (qeceth) see separate article): (1) Qeren and keras represent the English "horn" exactly, wheth...
  

• EUNUCH

  [isbe] EUNUCH - u'-nuk (caric; spadon; eunouchos): Primarily and literally, a eunuch is an emasculated man (Dt 23:1). The Hebrew word caric seems, however, to have acquired a figurative meaning, which is reflected in English Versio...
  

• Ahab

  [nave] AHAB 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 18:18, 19; 21:25, 26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3, 4; Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Elijah; assembles the ...
  

• ASSENT

  [isbe] ASSENT - a-sent': Twice used in the King James Version as equivalent to "voice," and to "consent," and displaced in both instances in the Revised Version (British and American) by the literal rendering of the Hebrew peh, "mo...
  

• AFFINITY

  [ebd] relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood.
  [isbe] AFFINITY - a-fin'-i-ti (chathan "to join one-self"): This term is used three times in the Old Testament: (1) in 1 Ki 3:1, where we read that "Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh King of Egypt", (2) in 2 Ch 18:1, where it is s...
  

• ADJURATION

  [isbe] ADJURATION - ad-ju-ra'-shun: The act of requiring or taking a solemn oath. In a time of military peril Saul adjured the people ('alah, "to take oath") and they took oath by saying "Amen" (1 Sam 14:24). When Joshua pronounced...
  

• Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab

  

Eleven Visions of God

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