1 They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, and don’t take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?" 4 He said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?"
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." 5 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for Yahweh’s word."
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?"
They said, "Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."
7 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?"
8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil."
Jehoshaphat said, "Don’t let the king say so."
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, "Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah."
10 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, "Yahweh says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’" 12 All the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king."
13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good."
14 Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak."
15 When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?"
He answered him, "Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king."
16 The king said to him, "How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in Yahweh’s name?"
17 He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’"
18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
19 Micaiah said, "Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another said another.
21 A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
22 Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’
He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’
He said, ‘You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you."
24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?"
25 Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to hide yourself."
26 The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son. 27 Say, ‘The king says, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."’"
28 Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, all you people!"
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes." The king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
31 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel."
32 When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely that is the king of Israel!" and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. 34 A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around, and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded." 35 The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. 36 A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his country!"
37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
41 Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 44 Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 46 The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land. 47 There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber. 49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not. 50 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. 52 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin. 53 He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.
1 亚兰人和以色列人之间， 连续三年没有战争。
2 到了第三年， 犹大王约沙法下去见以色列王。
3 以色列王对他的臣仆说： "你们知道吗？基列的拉末原属于我们， 我们怎可静坐不动， 不把它从亚兰王的手中夺回来呢？"
4 亚哈问约沙法： "你肯与我一起到基列的拉末去作战吗？"约沙法回答以色列王： "你我不分彼此， 我的人民就像是你的人民， 我的战马就像是你的战马。"
5 约沙法又对以色列王说： "现在请你先求问耶和华。"
6 于是以色列王把众先知聚集了来， 约有四百人， 问他们： "我可以去攻打基列的拉末吗？或是应当忍耐不去呢？"他们说： "你可以上去， 主必把那城交在王的手里。"
7 约沙法说： "这里不是还有耶和华的先知， 我们可以求问他吗？"
8 以色列王对约沙法说： "还有一个人， 我们可以托他求问耶和华。不过我憎恨他， 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。"但约沙法说： "请王不要这么说。"
9 于是王召了一位太监来， 说： "快去把音拉的儿子米该雅召来！ "
10 以色列王和犹大王约沙法穿着朝服， 在撒玛利亚城门口的广场上， 各人坐在自己的王位上； 所有的先知都在他们面前说预言。
11 基拿拿的儿子西底家做了些铁角， 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。’"
12 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。"
13 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。"
14 米该雅说： "我指着永活的耶和华起誓， 耶和华吩咐我什么， 我就说什么。"
15 米该雅来到王那里的时候， 王就问他： "米该雅啊， 我们可以到基列的拉末去作战吗？或是要忍耐不去呢？"米该雅回答亚哈： "你可以上去， 必得胜利， 因为耶和华必把那城交在王的手里！ "
16 王对他说： "我要嘱咐你多少次， 你才奉耶和华的名对我只说真话呢？"
17 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： ‘这些人没有主人， 使他们平平安安各自回家吧！ ’"
18 以色列王对约沙法说： "我不是告诉过你， 这人对我说的预言， 总不说吉话， 只说凶话吗？"
19 米该雅说： "因此， 你要听耶和华的话； 我看见耶和华坐在他的宝座上， 天上的万军都侍立在他的左右。
20 耶和华说： ‘谁去引诱亚哈， 使他上基列的拉末阵亡呢？’有说这样的， 有说那样的。
21 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： ‘你用什么方法呢？’
22 他回答： ‘我要出去， 在亚哈所有先知的口中， 作说谎的灵。’耶和华说： ‘你可以去引诱他， 你也必能成功， 你去这样行吧！ ’
23 现在， 耶和华已经把说谎的灵放在你这些先知的口中， 耶和华已经命定灾祸临到你。"
24 基拿拿的儿子西底家近前来， 打米该雅的脸颊说： "耶和华的灵怎样离开了我， 去与你说话呢？"
25 米该雅说： "你进密室躲藏的那一天， 就必看见了。"
26 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，
27 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。’"
28 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。"
29 于是， 以色列王和犹大王约沙法上基列的拉末去了。
30 以色列王对约沙法说： "我要改装上战场去了； 你可以仍穿自己的朝服。"于是以色列王改装到战场去了。
31 亚兰王曾经嘱咐他的三十二个战车长说： "无论大小将兵， 你们都不要与他们争战， 只要与以色列王争战。"
32 战车长们看见约沙法的时候， 就说： "这人必是以色列王。"他们就转过去与他争战， 约沙法便喊叫起来。
33 战车长们一见他不是以色列王， 就转回来， 不追赶他了。
34 有一个人随便射了一箭， 竟射中了以色列王铁甲与护胸甲之间的地方。王对驾车的说： "你把车转过来， 载我离开战场吧！ 我受了重伤。"
35 那一天战争不断升级， 有人扶着王站在车上抵挡亚兰人。到了黄昏， 王就死了； 血从伤口流到战车的底下去。
36 约在日落的时候， 有命令传遍军中说： "各归各城， 各归各地吧。"
37 王死了以后， 人们把他送回撒玛利亚， 埋葬在那里。
38 他们在撒玛利亚的池旁， 妓女洗澡的地方清洗战车， 有狗来舔亚哈的血， 正如耶和华说过的话一样。
39 亚哈其余的事迹， 他所作的一切， 他建造的象牙宫和他重建的一切城镇， 不是都记在以色列诸王的年代志上吗？
40 亚哈与他的列祖同睡， 他的儿子亚哈谢接续他作王。
41 以色列王亚哈第四年， 亚撒的儿子约沙法登基作犹大王。
42 约沙法登基的时候是三十五岁； 他在耶路撒冷作王二十五年。他母亲名叫阿苏巴， 是示利希的女儿。
43 约沙法遵行他父亲亚撒所行的一切， 总不偏离， 行耶和华看为正的事。只是邱坛还没有废去， 人民仍在邱坛上献祭烧香（"只是邱坛......献祭烧香。"《马索拉抄本》为22:44）。
44 约沙法王与以色列王和平相处。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为22:45）
45 约沙法其余的事迹， 他作过的英勇的事和他怎样争战的事， 不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？
46 约沙法把父亲亚撒在世时遗留下来的庙妓都从国中除灭。
47 那时， 以东没有王， 由总督统治。
48 约沙法建造了他施船只， 要到俄斐去运金子， 可是不能开船， 因为船只在以旬．迦别坏了。
49 那时亚哈的儿子亚哈谢对约沙法说： "让我的仆人与你的仆人一同坐船去吧！ "但是约沙法不肯。
50 约沙法与他的列祖同睡， 与他的列祖一同埋葬在他先祖大卫的城里； 他的儿子约兰接续他作王。
51 犹大王约沙法第十七年， 亚哈的儿子亚哈谢在撒玛利亚登基作以色列王。他作以色列王两年。
52 他行耶和华看为恶的事， 行他父亲的道和他母亲的道， 又行尼八的儿子耶罗波安使以色列人陷在罪中的道。
53 他事奉巴力， 敬拜巴力， 照着他父亲所行的一切惹耶和华以色列的 神发怒。