# 2 Chronicles 18

> Lumin Translation

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Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
2. After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab sacrificed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people with him, and persuaded him to go up to Ramoth-gilead.
3. Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?” He answered him, “I am like you, my people like your people, and we will be with you in battle.”
4. Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please seek the word of Yahweh today.”
5. The king of Israel gathered four hundred prophets, and said to them, "Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?" They said, "Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand."
6. Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there still a prophet of Yahweh here whom we might inquire of?"
7. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we can inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good about me, only evil all his days. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."
8. The king of Israel called one officer and said, "Quickly, Micaiah son of Imlah."
9. The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, wearing their robes, sitting in the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
10. Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns for him and said, "Yahweh declares: With these you will gore Aram until they are destroyed."
11. All the prophets prophesied alike, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-Gilead and succeed, for Yahweh will deliver it into the king's hand."
12. The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Look, the words of the prophets with one voice are good to the king; please let your word be like one of theirs, and speak good."
13. Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak."
14. When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead for battle, or shall I refrain?" He said, "Go up and succeed—they will be given into your hand."
15. The king said to him, “How many times must I put you under oath to tell me only truth in the name of Yahweh?”
16. He said, "I saw all Israel dispersed across the mountains like sheep without a shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master—let each return to his house in peace.'"
17. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
18. He said, "Therefore hear Yahweh's word: I saw Yahweh seated on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing to his right and his left."
19. Yahweh said, "Who will deceive Ahab, king of Israel, to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?" One said this way, and another that way.
20. A spirit came forward, stood before Yahweh, and said, "I will deceive him." Yahweh said to him, "How?"
21. He said, "I will go out and become a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets." He said, "You will deceive and also succeed; go out and do so."
22. Now, look—Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and Yahweh has spoken disaster against you.
23. Zedekiah son of Chenaanah drew near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, saying, "Which way did the spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak to you?"
24. Micaiah said, "Look, you will see on that day when you enter an inner chamber to hide yourself."
25. The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon ruler of the city, and to Joash son of the king."
26. Say, "Thus says the king: Put this one in the prison house, and feed him bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace."
27. Micaiah said, "If you surely return in peace, then Yahweh has not spoken through me." He said, "Listen, all peoples."
28. The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
29. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and enter the battle, but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.
30. The king of Aram commanded the captains of his chariots, "Do not fight with small or great, except only with Israel's king alone."
31. When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He is the king of Israel,” and turned toward him to fight, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; God drew them away from him.
32. It happened that when the captains of the chariots saw it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
33. A certain man drew his bow haphazardly and struck the king of Israel between the joints and the breastplate. He said to the charioteer, "Turn your hands, your hand, and carry me out of the army, for I am wounded."
34. The battle intensified that day, but Israel's king held himself upright in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening; then at the time of sunset he died.

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