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Text -- 1 Kings 22:1-32 (NET)
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Ahab Dies in Battle
22:1 There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years .
22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel .
22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants , “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria .”
22:4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat , “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead ?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel , “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.”
22:5 Then Jehoshaphat added , “First seek an oracle from the Lord .”
22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not ?” They said , “Attack ! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king .”
22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked , “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here , that we may ask him?”
22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat , “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster . His name is Micaiah son of Imlah . Jehoshaphat said , “The king should not say such things .”
22:9 The king of Israel summoned an official and said , “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah .”
22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones , dressed in their robes , at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria . All the prophets were prophesying before them.
22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said , “This is what the Lord says , ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed .’”
22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same , saying , “Attack Ramoth Gilead ! You will succeed ; the Lord will hand it over to the king .”
22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look , the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed . Your words must agree with theirs ; you must predict success .”
22:14 But Micaiah said , “As certainly as the Lord lives , I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”
22:15 When he came before the king , the king asked him, “Micaiah , should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not ?” He answered him, “Attack ! You will succeed ; the Lord will hand it over to the king .”
22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth ?”
22:17 Micaiah said , “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd . Then the Lord said , ‘They have no master . They should go home in peace .’”
22:18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat , “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster ?”
22:19 Micaiah said , “That being the case , hear the word of the Lord . I saw the Lord sitting on his throne , with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left .
22:20 The Lord said , ‘Who will deceive Ahab , so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that .
22:21 Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord . He said , ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’
22:22 He replied , ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets .’ The Lord said , ‘Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.’
22:23 So now , look , the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”
22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached , hit Micaiah on the jaw , and said , “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
22:25 Micaiah replied , “Look , you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide .”
22:26 Then the king of Israel said , “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son .
22:27 Say , ‘This is what the king says , “Put this man in prison . Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return .”’”
22:28 Micaiah said , “If you really do safely return , then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added , “Take note , all you people .”
22:29 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead .
22:30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat , “I will disguise myself and then enter into the battle ; but you wear your royal robes .” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle .
22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders , “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel .”
22:32 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat , they said , “He must be the king of Israel .” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Micaiah |
Ramoth-gilead |
Jehoshaphat |
Ahab |
JEHOSHAPHAT (2) |
Israel |
DIVINATION |
GAD (1) |
CAPTIVITY |
ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
TREATY |
PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 |
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B |
Adonijah |
Alliances |
Armies |
Reproof |
Temptation |
Prophets |
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NET Notes -> 1Ki 22:1; 1Ki 22:2; 1Ki 22:3; 1Ki 22:4; 1Ki 22:5; 1Ki 22:5; 1Ki 22:6; 1Ki 22:6; 1Ki 22:8; 1Ki 22:8; 1Ki 22:8; 1Ki 22:10; 1Ki 22:10; 1Ki 22:13; 1Ki 22:13; 1Ki 22:15; 1Ki 22:16; 1Ki 22:17; 1Ki 22:19; 1Ki 22:20; 1Ki 22:21; 1Ki 22:22; 1Ki 22:22; 1Ki 22:27; 1Ki 22:27; 1Ki 22:28; 1Ki 22:30; 1Ki 22:31
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:3 Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question ...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:4 Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:5 Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:6 Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually u...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:15 “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the ...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:17 Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:19 Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:21 Heb “the spirit.” The significance of the article prefixed to רוּחַ (ruakh) is uncertain, but it could conta...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:22 The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures,...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:30 The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately fol...
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