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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>. 18:26 Say <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the king <04428> says <0559>: “Put <07760> this <02088> man in prison <03608> <01004>. Give <0398> him only a little bread <03899> and water <04325> until <05704> I return <07725> safely <07965>.”’” 18:27 Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, “If <0518> you really do return <07725> <07725> safely <07965>, then the Lord <03068> has not <03808> spoken <01696> through me!” Then he added <0559>, “Take note <08085>, all <03605> you people <05971>.” 18:28 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> attacked <0413> <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 18:29 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “I will disguise <02664> myself and then enter <0935> the battle <04421>; but you <0859> wear <03847> your royal attire <0899>.” So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> disguised <02664> himself and they entered <0935> the battle <04421>. 18:30 Now the king <04428> of Syria <0758> had ordered <06680> his chariot <07393> commanders <08269>, “Do not <03808> fight <03898> common soldiers <06996> or <0518> high ranking officers <01419>; fight <0854> only <0905> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>!” 18:31 When <01961> the chariot <07393> commanders <08269> saw <07200> Jehoshaphat <03092>, they <01992> said <0559>, “He must be the king <04428> of Israel <03478>!” So they <01931> turned <05437> and attacked <03898> him, but Jehoshaphat <03092> cried <02199> out. The Lord <03068> helped <05826> him; God <0430> lured <05496> them away <05496> from <04480> him. 18:32 When <03588> the chariot <07393> commanders <08269> realized <07200> he was <01961> not <03808> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, they turned away <07725> from <0310> him. 18:33 Now an archer <0376> shot <04900> an arrow <07198> at random <08537> and it struck <05221> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> between <0996> the plates <01694> of his armor <08302>. The king ordered <0559> his charioteer <07395>, “Turn <02015> around <03027> and take <03318> me from <04480> the battle line <04264>, for <03588> I am wounded <02470>.” 18:34 While the battle <04421> raged <05927> throughout the day <03117>, the king <04428> stood <05975> propped up in his chariot <04818> opposite <05227> the Syrians <0758>. He died <04191> in the evening <06153> as <05704> the sun <08121> was setting <0935>.

• 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...
  [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-...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• Lying

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

• 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...
  

• HARNESS

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.). (2.) An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24). (3.) Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail (1 Kings 22:34; ...
  [isbe] HARNESS - har'-nes: A word of Celtic origin meaning "armour" in the King James Version; it is the translation of shiryan, "a coat of mail" (1 Ki 22:34; 2 Ch 18:33); of nesheq, "arms," "weapons" (2 Ch 9:24, the Revised Versio...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Prophets

  [nave] PROPHETS Called Seers, 1 Sam. 9:19; 2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 2 Kin. 17:13; 1 Chr. 9:22; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7. Schools of, 1 Kin. 20:35; 2 Kin. 2:3-15; 4:1, 38; 9:1. Kept the chronicles, 1 Chr....
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Persecution

  [nave] PERSECUTION See also Intolerance; Bigotry. Of Jesus Gen. 3:15; Psa. 2:1-5; Psa. 22:1, 2, 6-8, 11-21; Psa. 69:7-9, 20, 21, 26 vs. 1-21.; Psa. 109:25; Isa. 49:7; Isa. 50:6; Isa. 52:14; Isa. 53:2-5, 7-10; Mic. 5:1; Matt. 2:13...
  

• 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...
  

• INTEGRITY

  [isbe] INTEGRITY - in-teg'-ri-ti (tom, tummah): The translation of tom, "simplicity," "soundness," "completeness," rendered also "upright," "perfection." Its original sense appears in the phrase letom (1 Ki 22:34; 2 Ch 18:33), "A c...
  

• 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...
  

• Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab

  

Eleven Visions of God

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