1 Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.
2 And after some years he went down to Samaria to see Ahab. And Ahab made a feast for him and the people who were with him, putting to death great numbers of sheep and oxen; and he got Jehoshaphat to go with him to Ramoth-gilead.
3 For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.
4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.
5 So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.
6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?
7 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
8 Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.
9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.
11 And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
12 Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs, and say good things.
13 And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
14 When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.
15 And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
16 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?
18 Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.
19 And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.
20 Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said to him, How?
21 And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
22 And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of these prophets of yours; and the Lord has said evil against you.
23 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?
24 And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.
25 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;
26 And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.
27 And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.
28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.
29 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress, and they went to the fight.
30 Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.
31 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.
32 Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.
33 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
34 But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king of Israel was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans till the evening; and by sundown he was dead.
1 约沙法的财富很多， 极有尊荣， 他和亚哈也结了亲。
2 过了几年， 他下到撒玛利亚去见亚哈。亚哈为他和跟从他的人宰了很多牛羊， 又怂恿他一同上去攻打基列的拉末。
3 以色列王亚哈问犹大王约沙法： "你愿意和我一同到基列的拉末去吗？"他回答： "你我不分彼此； 我的人民就是你的人民； 我必和你一同作战。"
4 约沙法对以色列王说： "请你先求问耶和华的话。"
5 于是以色列王召集了四百位先知， 问他们： "我们可以到基列的拉末去作战吗？还是不要去呢？"他们回答： "你可以上去， 神必把那城交在王的手里。"
6 约沙法问： "这里不是还有一位耶和华的先知吗？我们也可以向他求问。"
7 以色列王回答约沙法说： "还有一个人， 我们可以向他求问耶和华； 只是我不喜欢他， 因为他对我说的预言， 都是凶话， 不是吉话。这人就是音拉的儿子米该雅。"约沙法说： "王不要这样说。"
8 于是以色列王召了一个太监来， 说： "快去把音拉的儿子米该雅召来。"
9 那时， 以色列王和犹大王约沙法各自坐在王位上， 穿着朝服， 坐在撒玛利亚城门口的广场上； 所有的先知都在他们面前说预言。
10 基拿拿的儿子西底家自己做了些铁角， 说： "耶和华这样说： ‘你要用这些铁角抵触亚兰人， 直到把他们完全消灭。’"
11 所有的先知也都这样预言说： "你可以上基列的拉末去， 必得胜利！ 因为耶和华必把那城交在王的手里。"
12 那去召米该雅的使者对米该雅说： "看哪， 这里的众先知都异口同声地对王说吉话， 请你与他们一样说吉话。"
13 米该雅说： "我指着永活的耶和华起誓， 我的 神说什么， 我就说什么。"
14 米该雅来到王那里， 王问他： "米该雅啊， 我们可以到基列的拉末作战吗？还是不要去呢？"他回答： "可以上去， 一定得胜， 他们必交在你们手里。"
15 王对他说： "我要嘱咐你多少次， 你才会奉耶和华的名对我只说真话呢？"
16 米该雅说： "我看见以色列人四散在山上， 好像没有牧人的羊群一样。耶和华说： ‘这些人既然没有主人， 使他们平平安安各自回家去吧！ ’"
17 以色列王对约沙法说： "我不是早告诉你， 他对我说的预言， 总没有吉话， 只说凶话吗？"
18 米该雅说： "所以你们要听耶和华的话。我看见耶和华坐在宝座上， 天上的万军侍立在他左右。
19 耶和华说： ‘谁去引诱以色列王亚哈上去， 好使他倒毙在基列的拉末呢？’有人这样说， 也有人那样说。
20 后来有一个灵出来， 站在耶和华面前， 说： ‘我去引诱他。’耶和华问他： ‘你怎样引诱他呢？’
21 他回答： ‘我要出去， 在他众先知的口里成为谎言的灵。’耶和华说： ‘你必能引诱他， 并且可以成功； 你去这样行吧。’
22 所以现在耶和华把谎言的灵放在你这些先知的口里， 并且耶和华已宣告灾祸必临到你。"
23 基拿拿的儿子西底家走前来， 打米该雅的脸， 说： "耶和华的灵是怎样离开了我， 去与你说话呢？"
24 米该雅说： "你进密室躲藏的那一天， 就必看见了。"
25 以色列王说： "把米该雅带回去， 交给市长亚们和王的儿子约阿施，
26 说： ‘王这样吩咐： 把这人囚在监里， 少给他食物和水， 直到我平平安安回来。’"
27 米该雅说： "如果你真的可以平平安安回来， 那么耶和华就没有借着我说话了。"他又说： "众民啊， 你们都要听！ "
28 于是， 以色列王和犹大王约沙法上基列的拉末去了。
29 以色列王对约沙法说： "我要改装上阵， 你可以仍穿朝服。"于是以色列王改了装， 他们就上阵去了。
30 原来亚兰王曾经吩咐他的战车队长说： "无论是大小的将兵， 你们都不要和他们交战， 只管攻击以色列王。"
31 众战车队长看见约沙法， 就都心里说： "这必是以色列王。"于是都绕过去攻击他。约沙法呼救， 耶和华就帮助他； 神又使敌人离开他。
32 众战车队长见他不是以色列王， 就转回去， 不再追击他了。
33 有一人随意拉弓， 竟射进了以色列王的铠甲中间的缝隙里。王对驾车的说： "你把车转过来， 载我出阵吧， 因为我受了重伤。"
34 那天战事越来越激烈； 以色列王勉强站在战车上， 对抗亚兰人， 直到黄昏。日落的时候， 王就死了。