1 Kings 22 (NET)

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1 Kings 22:1¹There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:34

1 Kings 22:2²In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:24 1 Kgs 22:1 1 Kgs 22:41 1 Kgs 22:44 2 Chr 18:1-27 2 Kgs 8:18 Matt 12:40 Matt 16:21

1 Kings 22:3³The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 4:43 1 Kgs 4:13 Josh 21:38 2 Sam 19:10 Judg 16:2

1 Kings 22:4⁴Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:7 Eph 5:11 1 Cor 15:33 2 Chr 18:3 2 Chr 19:2 2 John 1:11 Prov 13:20 Ps 139:21-22 Rev 2:26 2 Cor 6:16-17

1 Kings 22:5⁵But then Jehoshaphat said to Israel’s king, “Please seek a message from the Lord this very day.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 3:5-6 2 Chr 18:4-5 2 Kgs 3:11 Jer 21:2 Jer 42:2-6 Ezek 20:1-3 Num 27:21 1 Chr 10:13 1 Sam 14:18 1 Sam 23:2

1 Kings 22:6⁶So the king of Israel assembled about 400 prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The Sovereign One will hand it over to the king.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:19 Jer 23:14-17 Ezek 13:22 Ezek 13:7-16 1 Kgs 22:15 1 Kgs 22:22-23 2 Chr 18:14 2 Pet 2:1-3 2 Tim 4:3 Jer 14:13-14

1 Kings 22:7⁷But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 18:6-7 2 Kgs 3:11-13

1 Kings 22:8⁸The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord ’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 5:10 John 17:14 John 3:19-21 John 7:7 Gal 4:16 Jer 38:4 John 15:18-19 Mic 2:7 1 Kgs 18:4 1 Kgs 19:10

1 Kings 22:9⁹The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:26-27 2 Chr 18:8 2 Kgs 9:32 Dan 1:18 Isa 39:7

1 Kings 22:10¹⁰Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:29 1 Kgs 22:30 1 Kgs 22:6 2 Chr 18:9-11 Acts 12:21 Acts 25:23 Esth 5:1 Esth 6:8-9 Ezek 13:1-9 Jer 27:14-16

1 Kings 22:11¹¹Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 1:18-21 Deut 33:17 2 Cor 11:13-15 2 Tim 3:8 Acts 19:13-16 Ezek 13:6-9 Ezek 22:27-28 Jer 23:17 Jer 23:25 Jer 23:31

1 Kings 22:12¹²All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:32-36 1 Kgs 22:6-15 2 Chr 35:22

1 Kings 22:13¹³Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:14-16 Amos 7:13-17 Hos 7:3 Isa 30:10-11 Mic 2:11 Mic 2:6-7 Ps 10:11 Ps 11:1 Ps 14:1 Ps 50:21

1 Kings 22:14¹⁴But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 24:13 2 Chr 18:12-13 Ezek 3:17-19 Jer 26:2-3 Num 22:18 Num 22:38 1 Kgs 18:10 1 Kgs 18:15 2 Cor 2:17 2 Cor 4:2

1 Kings 22:15¹⁵When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:27 2 Chr 18:14 2 Kgs 3:13 Eccl 11:9 Judg 10:14 Matt 26:45

1 Kings 22:16¹⁶The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 14:24 2 Chr 18:15 Acts 19:13 Jer 42:3-6 Josh 6:26 Mark 5:7 Matt 22:16-17 Matt 26:63

1 Kings 22:17¹⁷Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 27:17 Matt 9:36 1 Kgs 22:34-36 2 Chr 18:16-17 Acts 10:11-17 Ezek 34:4-6 Jer 50:17 Jer 50:6 Zech 13:7 1 Sam 9:9

1 Kings 22:18¹⁸The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:8 Luke 11:45 Prov 10:24 Prov 27:22 Prov 29:1

1 Kings 22:19¹⁹Micaiah said, “That being the case, listen to the Lord ’s message. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing beside him on his right and on his left.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 2:1 Job 1:6 Dan 7:9-10 Isa 6:1-3 Matt 18:10 Ps 103:20-21 2 Chr 18:18-22 Ezek 1:26-28 Ezek 13:2 Heb 1:14

1 Kings 22:20²⁰The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 14:9 Job 12:16 Jer 4:10

1 Kings 22:21²¹Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:23 Job 1:6-7 Job 2:1

1 Kings 22:22²²The Lord asked him, ‘How?’ He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 9:23 1 Sam 16:14 1 Sam 19:9 1 Kgs 22:20 1 Sam 18:10 2 Thess 2:9-12 Ezek 14:9 Job 1:8-11 Job 12:16 Rev 13:14

1 Kings 22:23²³So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 14:9 Isa 6:9-10 Matt 24:24-25 2 Chr 25:16 Isa 3:11 Isa 44:20 1 Kgs 20:42 Deut 2:30 1 Kgs 22:8-11 Num 23:19-20

1 Kings 22:24²⁴Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord ’s Spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 23:2 Lam 3:30 Mic 5:1 1 Kgs 22:11 2 Chr 18:23-24 Isa 50:5-6 Jer 28:10-11 Jer 29:26-27 John 15:18 John 15:20

1 Kings 22:25²⁵Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:30 2 Pet 2:1 Rev 19:20 Amos 7:17 Isa 9:14-16 Jer 23:15 Jer 28:16-17 Jer 29:21-22 Jer 29:32 Num 31:8

1 Kings 22:26²⁶Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Kings 22:27²⁷Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return.”’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 16:10 2 Chr 18:25-27 Rev 2:10 1 Thess 5:2-3 Acts 16:23-24 Acts 26:10 Acts 5:18 Deut 16:3 Eph 3:1 Isa 30:20

1 Kings 22:28²⁸Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, all you people.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mic 1:2 Num 16:29 Acts 13:10-11 Mark 12:37 1 Kgs 18:21-24 1 Kgs 18:36-37 2 Chr 18:27 2 Kgs 1:10 2 Kgs 1:12 Amos 3:1

1 Kings 22:29²⁹The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:2-9 2 Chr 18:28

1 Kings 22:30³⁰The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter into the battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 35:22 1 Sam 28:8 Jer 23:24 1 Kgs 14:2 1 Kgs 20:38 1 Kgs 22:10 2 Chr 18:29 2 Sam 14:2 Prov 21:30 Ps 12:2

1 Kings 22:31³¹Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:24 2 Chr 18:30 Jer 16:6 1 Kgs 20:1 1 Kgs 20:16 1 Kgs 20:33-42 1 Sam 30:2 Gen 19:11

1 Kings 22:32³²When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel.” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jonah 2:1-2 Prov 13:20 2 Chr 18:31 Exod 14:10 Ps 116:1-2 Ps 130:1-4 Ps 50:15 Ps 91:15

1 Kings 22:33³³When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 76:10 1 Kgs 22:31

1 Kings 22:34³⁴Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I’m wounded.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 35:23 Mic 6:13 1 Sam 17:49 Rev 9:9 2 Chr 18:30 2 Kgs 9:24 2 Sam 15:11

1 Kings 22:35³⁵While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:28 1 Kgs 20:42

1 Kings 22:36³⁶As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 14:12 1 Kgs 12:16 1 Kgs 12:24 1 Kgs 22:17 1 Kgs 22:31 1 Sam 4:10 2 Sam 19:8 Judg 21:24 Judg 7:7-8

1 Kings 22:37³⁷So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Kings 22:38³⁸They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria. Then the dogs licked his blood, while the prostitutes bathed, in keeping with the Lord’s message that he had spoken.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:19 Matt 24:35 Isa 44:25-26 Isa 48:3-5 Jer 44:21-23 Josh 23:14-15 Zech 1:4-6

1 Kings 22:39³⁹The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 3:15 1 Kgs 10:18 1 Kgs 10:22 1 Kgs 14:19 1 Kgs 15:23 1 Kgs 15:31 1 Kgs 16:20 1 Kgs 16:27 1 Kgs 16:5 Amos 6:4

1 Kings 22:40⁴⁰Ahab passed away. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:21 1 Kgs 14:31 1 Kgs 2:10 1 Kgs 22:51 2 Chr 20:35 2 Kgs 1:17 2 Kgs 1:2 2 Sam 7:12 Deut 31:16

1 Kings 22:41⁴¹In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 20:31 1 Chr 3:10 1 Kgs 22:2 2 Chr 17:1

1 Kings 22:42⁴²Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:21 1 Kgs 15:10 1 Kgs 15:2 2 Kgs 1:17 2 Kgs 8:16

1 Kings 22:43⁴³He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. (22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:14 2 Kgs 12:3 Prov 4:27 1 Kgs 14:23 1 Kgs 15:11 1 Kgs 15:5 1 Sam 12:20-21 2 Chr 14:11 2 Chr 14:2-5 2 Chr 15:17

1 Kings 22:44⁴⁴(22:45) Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:2 2 Chr 19:2 2 Kgs 8:18 2 Chr 21:6 2 Cor 6:14

1 Kings 22:45⁴⁵The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:41 1 Kgs 14:29 2 Chr 20:34

1 Kings 22:46⁴⁶He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:24 1 Kgs 15:12 Deut 23:17 Gen 19:5 Jude 1:7 1 Cor 6:9 1 Tim 1:10 Judg 19:22 Rom 1:26-27

1 Kings 22:47⁴⁷There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:9 2 Sam 8:14 2 Kgs 8:20 Gen 27:40 Gen 25:23 Gen 36:31-43 Ps 108:9-10

1 Kings 22:48⁴⁸Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 10:22 1 Kgs 9:26 1 Kgs 9:28 2 Chr 20:21 2 Chr 20:35-37 2 Chr 25:7 2 Chr 9:21 Isa 2:16 Isa 60:9 Jonah 1:3

1 Kings 22:49⁴⁹Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” but Jehoshaphat refused.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Kings 22:50⁵⁰Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 21:1 1 Kgs 11:43 1 Kgs 14:31 1 Kgs 15:24 1 Kgs 2:10 1 Kgs 22:40 2 Chr 21:5-7 2 Kgs 8:16-18

1 Kings 22:51⁵¹In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled for two years over Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:25 1 Kgs 22:40 2 Kgs 1:17

1 Kings 22:52⁵²He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:26 1 Kgs 21:25 1 Kgs 12:28-33 1 Kgs 14:9-16 1 Kgs 15:34 1 Kgs 16:30-33 2 Chr 22:3 2 Kgs 1:2-7 2 Kgs 3:3 2 Kgs 8:27