1 Fuit ergo Josaphat dives et inclytus multum, et affinitate conjunctus est Achab. 2 Descenditque post annos ad eum in Samariam: ad cujus adventum mactavit Achab arietes et boves plurimos, ipsi, et populo qui venerat cum eo: persuasitque illi ut ascenderet in Ramoth Galaad. 3 Dixitque Achab rex Israël ad Josaphat regem Juda: Veni mecum in Ramoth Galaad. Cui ille respondit: Ut ego, et tu: sicut populus tuus, sic et populus meus: tecumque erimus in bello. 4 Dixitque Josaphat ad regem Israël: Consule, obsecro, impræsentiarum sermonem Domini. 5 Congregavit igitur rex Israël prophetarum quadringentos viros, et dixit ad eos: In Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum ire debemus, an quiescere? At illi: Ascende, inquiunt, et tradet Deus in manu regis. 6 Dixitque Josaphat: Numquid non est hic prophetes Domini, ut ab illo etiam requiramus? 7 Et ait rex Israël ad Josaphat: Est vir unus a quo possumus quærere Domini voluntatem: sed ego odi eum, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed malum omni tempore: est autem Michæas filius Jemla. Dixitque Josaphat: Ne loquaris, rex, hoc modo. 8 Vocavit ergo rex Israël unum de eunuchis, et dixit ei: Voca cito Michæam filium Jemla. 9 Porro rex Israël, et Josaphat rex Juda, uterque sedebant in solio suo, vestiti cultu regio: sedebant autem in area juxta portam Samariæ, omnesque prophetæ vaticinabantur coram eis. 10 Sedecias vero filius Chanaana fecit sibi cornua ferrea, et ait: Hæc dicit Dominus: His ventilabis Syriam, donec conteras eam. 11 Omnesque prophetæ similiter prophetabant, atque dicebant: Ascende in Ramoth Galaad, et prosperaberis, et tradet eos Dominus in manu regis. 12 Nuntius autem qui ierat ad vocandum Michæam, ait illi: En verba omnium prophetarum uno ore bona regi annuntiant: quæso ergo te ut et sermo tuus ab eis non dissentiat, loquarisque prospera. 13 Cui respondit Michæas: Vivit Dominus, quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Deus meus, hoc loquar. 14 Venit ergo ad regem. Cui rex ait: Michæa, ire debemus in Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum, an quiescere? Cui ille respondit: Ascendite: cuncta enim prospera evenient, et tradentur hostes in manus vestras. 15 Dixitque rex: Iterum atque iterum te adjuro, ut mihi non loquaris, nisi quod verum est in nomine Domini. 16 At ille ait: Vidi universum Israël dispersum in montibus, sicut oves absque pastore: et dixit Dominus: Non habent isti dominos: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam in pace. 17 Et ait rex Israël ad Josaphat: Nonne dixi tibi quod non prophetaret iste mihi quidquam boni, sed ea quæ mala sunt? 18 At ille: Idcirco, ait, audite verbum Domini: vidi Dominum sedentem in solio suo, et omnem exercitum cæli assistentem ei a dextris et a sinistris. 19 Et dixit Dominus: Quis decipiet Achab regem Israël ut ascendat et corruat in Ramoth Galaad? Cumque diceret unus hoc modo, et alter alio, 20 processit spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait: Ego decipiam eum. Cui Dominus: In quo, inquit, decipies? 21 At ille respondit: Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum ejus. Dixitque Dominus: Decipies, et prævalebis: egredere, et fac ita. 22 Nunc igitur, ecce Dominus dedit spiritum mendacii in ore omnium prophetarum tuorum, et Dominus locutus est de te mala. 23 Accessit autem Sedecias filius Chanaana, et percussit Michææ maxillam, et ait: Per quam viam transivit spiritus Domini a me, ut loqueretur tibi? 24 Dixitque Michæas: Tu ipse videbis in die illo, quando ingressus fueris cubiculum de cubiculo ut abscondaris. 25 Præcepit autem rex Israël, dicens: Tollite Michæam, et ducite eum ad Amon principem civitatis, et ad Joas filium Amelech. 26 Et dicetis: Hæc dicit rex: Mittite hunc in carcerem, et date ei panis modicum, et aquæ pauxillum, donec revertar in pace. 27 Dixitque Michæas: Si reversus fueris in pace, non est locutus Dominus in me. Et ait: Audite, omnes populi. 28 Igitur ascenderunt rex Israël et Josaphat rex Juda in Ramoth Galaad. 29 Dixitque rex Israël ad Josaphat: Mutabo habitum, et sic ad pugnam vadam: tu autem induere vestibus tuis. Mutatoque rex Israël habitu, venit ad bellum. 30 Rex autem Syriæ præceperat ducibus equitatus sui, dicens: Ne pugnetis contra minimum aut contra maximum, nisi contra solum regem Israël. 31 Itaque cum vidissent principes equitatus Josaphat, dixerunt: Rex Israël est iste. Et circumdederunt eum dimicantes: at ille clamavit ad Dominum, et auxiliatus est ei, atque avertit eos ab illo. 32 Cum enim vidissent duces equitatus quod non esset rex Israël, reliquerunt eum. 33 Accidit autem ut unus e populo sagittam in incertum jaceret, et percuteret regem Israël inter cervicem et scapulas. At ille aurigæ suo ait: Converte manum tuam, et educ me de acie, quia vulneratus sum. 34 Et finita est pugna in die illo: porro rex Israël stabat in curru suo contra Syros usque ad vesperam, et mortuus est occidente sole.
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People & places in this chapter
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Amon the governor of the city
The governor of the city to whom Ahab ordered Micaiah returned to be imprisoned on bread and water.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles 18:25
Chenaanah
Named as the father of the prophet Zedekiah who made iron horns.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22:11; 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chronicles 18:10
Imlah
Named as the father of the prophet Micaiah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22:8; 1 Kings 22:9; 2 Chronicles 18:7
Jehoshaphat
A godly king who sent teachers of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22; 2 Chron. 17-20; Matt. 1:8
Joash the king's son
The king of Israel's son, to whom with Amon the governor Ahab ordered Micaiah returned.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles 18:25
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah
One of the prophets before Ahab who made iron horns, declared that Ahab would gore the Arameans with them, and struck Micaiah in the face.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22:11; 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chronicles 18:10
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 17:5; 2 Chronicles 21:6; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chronicles 22:2–3
- 2 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 1:9; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 1 Kings 4:13; Deuteronomy 4:43
- 3 2 Kings 3:7; 1 Kings 22:4; Ephesians 5:11; 2 John 10–11; Psalm 139:21
- 4 Jeremiah 21:2; 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 2:1; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:9–12
- 5 2 Chronicles 18:14; 2 Chronicles 18:20–21; Micah 3:11; Revelation 19:20; 1 Kings 18:19
- 6 1 Kings 22:7–9; 2 Kings 3:11–13
- 7 Micah 2:7; Amos 5:10; 1 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 30:10; 1 Kings 21:20
- 8 1 Kings 22:9; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 18:25–26; Daniel 1:7–8; Isaiah 39:7
- 9 Isaiah 14:9; 1 Kings 22:10–12; Ezekiel 26:16; Matthew 11:8; Daniel 7:9
- 10 2 Timothy 3:8; Ezekiel 13:7; Jeremiah 28:10–14; Ezekiel 22:28; Zechariah 1:18–21
- 11 2 Chronicles 18:5; Micah 3:5; Proverbs 24:24–25; Revelation 16:13–14; Revelation 19:20
- 12 Micah 2:6; Isaiah 30:10; Hosea 7:3; Joshua 9:2; Job 22:13
- 13 Numbers 22:35; Numbers 24:13; Numbers 22:18–20; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:4
- 14 Matthew 26:45; Lamentations 4:21; Ecclesiastes 11:1; Amos 4:4–5; 1 Kings 22:15
- 15 1 Samuel 14:24; Matthew 26:63; Mark 5:7; Acts 19:13; 1 Kings 22:16
- 16 Matthew 9:36; Ezekiel 34:8; Numbers 27:17; 1 Kings 22:17; Ezekiel 34:5–6
- 17 Jeremiah 43:2–3; 2 Chronicles 18:7; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Kings 22:18
- 18 Daniel 7:9; Isaiah 6:1–5; Acts 7:55–56; Isaiah 39:5; Jeremiah 2:4
- 19 Ezekiel 14:9; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Isaiah 54:16; 2 Chronicles 25:19; Proverbs 11:5
- 20 Job 1:6; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Job 2:1; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15
- 21 John 8:44; 1 Kings 22:21–22; Job 2:6; Job 1:12; Psalm 109:17
- 22 Ezekiel 14:9; Isaiah 19:14; Job 12:16; Mark 14:20–21; 2 Chronicles 18:7
- 23 Mark 14:65; Jeremiah 20:2; 1 Kings 22:23–25; Isaiah 50:5–6; Micah 5:1
- 24 Jeremiah 29:21–22; Jeremiah 29:32; 1 Kings 20:30; Isaiah 26:11; Jeremiah 28:16–17
- 25 2 Chronicles 18:8; Jeremiah 38:6–7; 2 Chronicles 34:8; Acts 24:25–27; Jeremiah 37:15–21
- 26 2 Chronicles 16:10; Psalm 80:5; Matthew 12:24; Acts 22:22; Matthew 5:12
- 27 Micah 1:2; Amos 9:10; Luke 20:45–46; Acts 13:10–11; Matthew 15:10
- 28 1 Kings 22:29–33
- 29 1 Samuel 28:8; Job 24:15; Proverbs 26:25; Psalm 12:2; 1 Kings 14:2–6
- 30 2 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Kings 20:33–34; 1 Kings 20:42; Genesis 19:11; Deuteronomy 1:17
- 31 2 Chronicles 13:14; Psalm 118:13; Psalm 34:7; Nehemiah 1:11; Proverbs 21:1
- 32 1 Kings 22:33
- 33 2 Samuel 15:11; 2 Chronicles 35:23; 1 Kings 22:34–35
- 34 Proverbs 13:21; 2 Chronicles 18:27; 2 Chronicles 18:16; Proverbs 28:17; 2 Chronicles 18:19
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