All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, &#8220;Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the <sc>Lordsc> will hand it over to the king!&#8221;

Micaiah<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;That being the case, hear the word of the <sc>Lordsc>: I saw the <sc>Lordsc> sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

He replied, &#8216;I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.&#8217; The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> said, &#8216;Deceive and overpower him.<n id="2" /> Go out and do as you have proposed.&#8217;

Micaiah said, &#8220;If you really do return safely, then the <sc>Lordsc> has not spoken through me!&#8221; Then he added, &#8220;Take note,<n id="1" /> all you people.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah<n id="1" /> and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the <sc>Lordsc> and worshiped him.<n id="2" />

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the <sc>Lordsc> had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.

All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God<n id="1" /> when they heard how the <sc>Lordsc> had fought against Israel&#8217;s enemies.

<t /><p class="bodytext">His brothers, Jehoshaphat&#8217;s sons, were Azariah, Jechiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All of these were sons of King Jehoshaphat of Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Jehoram took control of his father&#8217;s kingdom and became powerful.<n id="1" /> Then he killed all his brothers,<n id="2" /> as well as some of the officials of Israel.

Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line<n id="1" /> of Judah.<n id="2" />

They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.p> <p class="bodytext">They came to Jerusalem,<n id="1" />

All the people went and demolished<n id="1" /> the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols.<n id="2" /> They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

(Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God&#8217;s temple and used all the holy items of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple in their worship of the Baals.)

The men<n id="1" /> of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over.<n id="2" /> All the captives<n id="3" /> fell to their death.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">All the people of Judah took Uzziah,<n id="1" /> who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah&#8217;s place.

He did what the <sc>Lordsc> approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.<n id="1" /> (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.)<n id="2" /> Yet the people were still sinning.p>

The rest of the events of Jotham&#8217;s reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.<n id="1" />

In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.<n id="1" />

In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the <sc>Lordsc> God of his ancestors.p>