1 Kings 22 KJV
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And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat Judah
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? Battle at Ramoth-gilead Jacob Ahab Ben-hadad Syria Ramoth-gilead
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat Ramoth-gilead
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat God
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king. Jacob Ahab God Ramoth-gilead
And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? Jehoshaphat God
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat Judah Samaria
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the king’s hand. God Ramoth-gilead
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good. Micaiah
¶ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king. God Micaiah Ramoth-gilead
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD? God
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. Ahab God Ramoth-gilead
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. God
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so. God
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. God
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? God Micaiah Chenaanah Zedekiah Holy Spirit
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. Micaiah
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat Judah Ramoth-gilead
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it [is] the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. Syria
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
¶ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Reign of Jehoshaphat Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat Judah Asa
Jehoshaphat [was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. Reign of Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat Azubah Shilhi Jerusalem
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. Reign of Jehoshaphat God Asa
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. Reign of Jehoshaphat Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Jehoshaphat Judah
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. Reign of Jehoshaphat Asa
[There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king. Reign of Jehoshaphat Esau Edom
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. Reign of Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat Ezion-geber Ophir Tarshish Tarshish
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. Reign of Jehoshaphat Ahab Jehoshaphat Ahaziah
¶ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. Reign of Jehoshaphat Death of Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat David Jehoram City of David
¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. Reign of Ahaziah Jacob Ahab Jehoshaphat Judah Ahaziah Samaria
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, 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, who made Israel to sin: Reign of Ahaziah Jacob God Jeroboam Nebat
For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. Reign of Ahaziah Jacob God Baal