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chapter 18
1
Now
Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and was joined by affinity to Achab.
2 And he went down to him after some years to Samaria:
and Achab at his coming killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people
that came with him: and he persuaded him to go up to Ramoth Galaad.
3 And Achab king of Israel said to Josaphat king of
Juda: Come with me to Ramoth Galaad. And he answered him: Thou art as I am, and
my people as thy people, and we will be with thee in the war.
4 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I
beseech thee, at present the word of the Lord.
5 So the king of Israel gathered together of the
prophets four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to
fight, or shall we forbear ? But they said: Go up, and God will deliver it into
the king's hand.
6 And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the
Lord, that we may inquire also of him?
7 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one
man, of whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate him, for he never
prophesieth good to me, but always evil: and it is Micheas the son of Jemla.
And Josaphat said: Speak not thus, O king.
8 And the king of Israel called one of the eunuchs, and
said to him : Call quickly Micheas the son of Jemla.
9 Now the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda,
both sat on their thrones, clothed in royal robes, and they sat in the open
court by the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophesied before them.
10 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made him horns of
iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till
thou destroy it.
11 And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, and
said: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and thou shalt prosper, and the Lord will deliver
them into the king's hand.
12 And the messenger that went to call Micheas, said to
him: Behold the words of all the prophets with one mouth declare good to the
king: I beseech thee therefore let not thy word disagree with them, and speak
thou also good success.
13 And Micheas answered him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever
my God shall say to me, that will I speak.
14 So he came to the king: and the king said to him:
Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to fight, or forbear? And he answered
him: Go up, for all shall succeed prosperously, and the enemies shall be
delivered into your hands.
15 And the king said: I adjure thee again and again to
say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord.
16 Then he said: I saw all Israel scattered in the
mountains, like sheep without a shepherd : and the Lord said: These have no
masters: let every man return to his own house in peace.
17 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not
tell thee that this man would not prophesy me any good, but evil?
18 Then he said: Hear ye therefore the word of the
Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing
by him on the right hand and on the left.
19 And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of
Israel, that he may go up and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And when one spoke in this
manner, and another otherwise:
20 There came forth a spirit, and stood before the
Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means
wilt thou deceive him?
21 And he answered: I will go out, and be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive,
and shalt prevail: go out, and do so.
22 Now therefore behold the Lord hath put a spirit of
lying in the mouth of all thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against
thee.
23 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck
Micheas on the cheek and said: Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me,
to speak to thee?
24 And Micheas said :Thou thyself shalt see in that
day, when thou shalt go in from chamber to chamber, to hide thyself.
25 And the king of Israel commanded, saying: Take
Micheas, and carry him to Amen the governor of the city, and to Joas the son of
Amelech,
26 And say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in
prison, and give him bread and water in a small quantity till I return in
peace.
27 And Micheas said: If thou return in peace, the Lord
hath not spoken by me. And he said: Hear, all ye people.
28 So the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda went
up to Ramoth Galaad.
29 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: I will change
my dress, and so I will go to the battle, but put thou on thy own garments. And
the king of Israel having changed his dress, went to the battle.
30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of
his cavalry, saying: Fight ye not with small, or great, but with the king of
Israel only.
31 So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat,
they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him:
but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.
32 For when the captains of the cavalry saw, that he
was not the king of Israel, they left him.
33 And it happened that one of the people shot an arrow
at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the neck and the shoulders,
and he said to his chariot man: Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the battle,
for I am wounded.
34 And the fight was ended that day: but the king of
Israel stood in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening, and died at
the sunset.
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