2 Chronicles 18:19-34
18:19 The
Lord said, ‘Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.
18:20 Then a spirit
stepped forward and stood before the
Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The
Lord asked him, ‘How?’
18:21 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.’
18:22 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.”
18:23 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?”
18:24 Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”
18:25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.
18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water
until I return safely.”’”
18:27 Micaiah said, “If you really do return safely, then the
Lord has not spoken through me!” Then he added, “Take note,
all you people.”
18:28 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.
18:29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter the battle; but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle.
18:30 Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel!”
18:31 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. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him.
18:32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.
18:33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded.”
18:34 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.