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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>. 18:19 The Lord <03068> said <0559>, ‘Who <04310> will deceive <06601> King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Israel <03478>, so he will attack <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> and die <05307> there?’ One <02088> said <0559> this <03602> and another <02088> that <03602>. 18:20 Then a spirit <07307> stepped forward <03318> and stood <05975> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. He said <0559>, ‘I <0589> will deceive <06601> him.’ The Lord <03068> asked <0559> him, ‘How <04100>?’ 18:21 He replied <0559>, ‘I will go out <03318> and be <01961> a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouths <06310> of all <03605> his prophets <05030>.’ The Lord said <0559>, ‘Deceive <06601> and <01571> overpower <03201> him. Go out <03318> and do <06213> as <03651> you have proposed.’ 18:22 So now <06258>, look <02009>, the Lord <03068> has placed <05414> a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouths <06310> of all these <0428> prophets <05030> of yours; but the Lord <03068> has decreed <01696> disaster <07451> for <05921> you.” 18:23 Zedekiah <06667> son <01121> of Kenaanah <03668> approached <05066>, hit <05221> Micaiah <04321> on <05921> the jaw <03895>, and said <0559>, “Which <0335> way <01870> did the Lord’s <03068> spirit <07307> go when he went <05674> from me to speak <01696> to <0854> you?” 18:24 Micaiah <04321> replied <0559>, “Look <02005>, you will see <07200> in the day <03117> when <0834> you go <0935> into an inner room <02315> <02315> to hide <02244>.” 18:25 Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, “Take <03947> Micaiah <04321> and return <07725> him to <0413> Amon <0526> the city <05892> official <08269> and Joash <03101> the king’s <04428> son <01121>.

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

• 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. ...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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:...
  

• 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...
  

• Vision

  [nave] VISION, a mode of revelation, Num. 12:6; 1 Sam. 3:1; 2 Chr. 26:5; Psa. 89:19; Prov. 29:18; Jer. 14:14; 23:16; Dan. 1:17; Hos. 12:10; Joel 2:28; Obad. 1; Hab. 2:2; Acts 2:17. Of Abraham, concerning his descendants, Gen. 15:1-...
  

• Chenaanah

  [isbe] CHENAANAH - ke-na'-a-na (kena`anah, feminine form of "Canaan," though others explain it as "toward Canaan"): The name of two men: (1) The fourth-named of the seven sons of Bilham, son of Jediael, of the tribe of Benjamin, a ...
  [smith] (merchant). Son of Bilhan, son of Jediael, son of Benjamin, head of a Benjamite house, (1 Chronicles 7:10) probably of the family of the Belaites. [BELA] Father or ancestor of Zedekiah the false prophet. (1 Kings 22:11...
  [nave] CHENAANAH 1. Father of the false prophet Zedekiah, 1 Kin. 22:11, 24; 2 Chr. 18:10, 23. 2. Brother of Ehud, 1 Chr. 7:10.
  

• Imla

  [ebd] replenisher, the father of Micaiah the prophet (2 Chr. 18:7,8).
  [smith] (whom God will fill up), father or progenitor of Micaiah the prophet. (2 Chronicles 18:7,8) The form IMLAH is employed in the parallel narrative. (1 Kings 12:8,9) (B.C. before 896.)
  [nave] IMLA, called also Imlah. Father of Michaiah the prophet, 2 Chr. 18:7, 8.
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• Zedekiah

  [ebd] righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 24:17, 18...
  [nave] ZEDEKIAH 1. Made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kin. 24:17, 18; 1 Chr. 3:15; 2 Chr. 36:10; Jer. 37:1. Throws off his allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kin. 24:20; 2 Chr. 36:13; Jer. 52:3; Ezek. 17:12-21. Forms an allianc...
  

• Amon

  [ebd] builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). (2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set...
  [smith] (builder). One of Ahab?s governors. (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles 18:25) King of Judah, son and successor of Manasseh, reigned two years, from B.C. 642 to 640. Amon devoted himself wholly to the service of false gods, b...
  [nave] AMON 1. Governor of the city of Samaria, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 2. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:18-26; 2 Chr. 33:21-25; Zeph. 1:1; Matt. 1:10. 3. Ancestor of one of the families of the Nethinim, Neh. 7:59. Called Ami, Ez...
  

• Lying

  [nave] LYING, lying spirit from God, 1 Kin. 22:21-23; 2 Chr. 18:20-22. See: Hypocrisy; Lies and Deceits.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Joash

  [smith] (to whom Jehovah hastens, i.e. to help), contracted from JEHOASH. Son of Ahaziah king of Judah (B.C. 884), and the only one of his children who escaped the murderous hand of Athaliah. After his father?s sister Jehoshabeath, ...
  [nave] JOASH 1. Son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. 2. Keeper of the stores of oil, 1 Chr. 27:28. 3. Father of Gideon, Judg. 6:11, 29, 31; 7:14; 8:13, 29-32. 4. Son of Ahab, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 5. Called also Jeh...
  

• Throne

  [isbe] THRONE - thron. (kicce', a "seat" in 2 Ki 4:10; a "royal seat" in Jon 3:6; thronos): Usually the symbol of kingly power and dignity. Solomon's throne was noted for its splendor and magnificence (1 Ki 10:18-20; compare 2 Ch 9...
  [nave] THRONE Of Pharaoh, Gen. 41:40; Ex. 11:5. Of David, 1 Kin. 2:12, 24; Psa. 132:11, 12; Isa. 9:7; Jer. 13:13; 17:25; Luke 1:32. Of Solomon, 1 Kin. 2:19; 2 Chr. 9:17-19. Of ivory, 1 Kin. 10:18-20. Of Solomon, called The Thro...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• 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...
  

• IMLA; IMLAH

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

• Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab

  

Eleven Visions of God

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