1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 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? 4 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. 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 6 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. 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. 10 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. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. 12 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. 13 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. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
15 ¶ 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. 16 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? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 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. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 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. 23 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. 24 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? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 27 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. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 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. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 32 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. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. 35 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. 36 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.
37 ¶ So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not 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 stead.
41 ¶ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 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. 43 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. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 45 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? 46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 ¶ 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.
51 ¶ 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. 52 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: 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
Savienība ar Jūdu pret Arāmu
(2L 18:1–11)1 Trīs gadus nebija kara starp Arāmu un Israēlu. 2 Trešajā gadā Jūdas ķēniņš Jehošāfāts ieradās pie Israēla ķēniņa. 3 Israēla ķēniņš sacīja saviem kalpiem: “Vai zināt, ka Rāmot-Gileāda pieder mums? Bet mēs klusējam un neatņemam to Arāmas ķēniņam!” 4 Jehošāfātam viņš sacīja: “Vai tu nāksi man līdzi karot par Rāmot-Gileādu?” Jehošāfāts atbildēja Israēla ķēniņam: “Es darīšu kā tu, mana tauta kā tava tauta un mani zirgi kā tavi zirgi!” 5 Bet Jehošāfāts sacīja Israēla ķēniņam: “Taujā vispirms pēc Kunga vārda!” 6 Tad Israēla ķēniņš sapulcināja praviešus, ap četri simti vīru, un prasīja tiem: “Vai man iet karot pret Rāmot-Gileādu vai likties mierā?” Tie atbildēja: “Ej, jo Kungs to nodos ķēniņa rokā!” 7 Bet Jehošāfāts sacīja: “Vai šeit nav vēl kāds Kunga pravietis, kam mēs varētu vaicāt?” 8 Israēla ķēniņš sacīja Jehošāfātam: “Ir vēl viens, ar kuru mēs varētu izvaicāt Kungu, bet es viņu ienīstu, viņš nekad nepravieto man labu, tik ļaunu vien! Tas ir Miha, Jimlas dēls.” Jehošāfāts sacīja: “Lai ķēniņš tā nerunā!” 9 Tad Israēla ķēniņš pasauca kādu augstmani un sacīja: “Ved ātri šurp Mihu, Jimlas dēlu!” 10 Israēla ķēniņš un Jehošāfāts ķēniņa tērpos sēdēja katrs savā tronī Samarijas vārtu laukumā, un visi pravieši tiem pravietoja. 11 Kanaāna dēls Cedekija bija darinājis sev dzelzs ragus un sacīja: “Tā saka Kungs: ar šiem tu badīsi aramiešus, līdz tie būs pagalam!” 12 Un visi pravieši pravietoja: “Ej uz Rāmot-Gileādu, tev veiksies, un Kungs to nodos ķēniņa rokā!”
Miha pasludina sakāvi
(2L 18:12–27)13 Sūtnis, kurš nāca saukt Mihu, sacīja viņam: “Redzi, pravieši vienā mutē runā ķēniņam labu, saki taču tu arī kā viņi – runā labu!” 14 Bet Miha atbildēja: “Kungs ir dzīvs! Ko Kungs man sacīs, to es viņam runāšu!” 15 Kad viņš ienāca pie ķēniņa, ķēniņš viņam prasīja: “Miha, vai mums iet karot pret Rāmot-Gileādu vai likties mierā?” Tas atbildēja: “Dodies karot, un tev veiksies, un Kungs to nodos ķēniņa rokā.” 16 Ķēniņš viņam sacīja: “Cik reižu man jāliek tev zvērēt, ka tu man neteiksi neko kā vien patiesību Kunga vārdā?” 17 Tad viņš sacīja: “Es redzēju visu Israēlu izklīdinātu pa kalniem kā avis bez gana. Un Kungs sacīja: šiem nav vadoņa, lai viņi atgriežas katrs savā namā ar mieru!”
18 Israēla ķēniņš sacīja Jehošāfātam: “Vai es tev neteicu, ka viņš man nepravieto labu, tik ļaunu vien!?” 19 Miha sacīja: “Tad nu klausies Kunga vārdu! Es redzēju Kungu sēžam tronī, un viss debesu karapulks stāvēja pie viņa labās un kreisās rokas. 20 Un Kungs sacīja: kurš pievils Ahābu, lai viņš iet karot pret Rāmot-Gileādu un tur krīt? Un viens runāja šā, otrs tā. 21 Tad viens gars iznāca, nostājās Kunga priekšā un sacīja: es viņu pievilšu! Un Kungs tam vaicāja: kā? 22 Tas atbildēja: es iešu un kļūšu par melu garu visu viņa praviešu mutēs! Un viņš sacīja: pievil viņu, tu to spēsi, ej un dari! 23 Un, redzi, Kungs ir ielicis melu garu visu tavu praviešu mutēs, Kungs tev ir lēmis ļaunu!”
24 Tad pienāca Cedekija, Kanaāna dēls, sita Miham pa seju un sacīja: “Vai tad Kunga Gars ir aizgājis no manis, lai runātu ar tevi?” 25 Miha sacīja: “To tu redzēsi tajā dienā, kad bēgsi no vienas iekštelpas otrā, lai paslēptos!” 26 Israēla ķēniņš sacīja: “Ņemiet Mihu un vediet viņu pie pilsētas pārvaldnieka Āmona un ķēniņa dēla Joāša, 27 un sakiet: tā saka ķēniņš: lieciet viņu cietumā un dodiet viņam bada maizi un slāpju ūdeni, līdz es pārnākšu ar mieru!” 28 Miha sacīja: “Ja tu tiešām atgriezīsies ar mieru, tad Kungs caur mani nav runājis!” Un viņš sacīja: “Klausieties, visas tautas!”
Ahāba nāve
(2L 18:28–34)29 Israēla ķēniņš un Jūdas ķēniņš Jehošāfāts devās karot pret Rāmot-Gileādu. 30 Israēla ķēniņš sacīja Jehošāfātam: “Es iešu kaujā pārģērbies, bet tu apvelc savas drēbes.” Israēla ķēniņš devās kaujā pārģērbies. 31 Bet Arāmas ķēniņš pavēlēja saviem trīsdesmit diviem kararatu virsniekiem: “Necīnieties ne ar mazu, ne lielu, bet tikai ar Israēla ķēniņu!” 32 Kad kararatu virsnieki ieraudzīja Jehošāfātu, tie teica: “Tiešām, šis ir Israēla ķēniņš!” – un tie viņu aplenca, lai cīnītos, bet Jehošāfāts kliedza. 33 Tad kararatu virsnieki redzēja, ka viņš nav Israēla ķēniņš, un atstājās no viņa.
34 Bet kāds vīrs uzvilka loku uz labu laimi un trāpīja Israēla ķēniņam starp vēdera un krūšu bruņām. Tas sacīja kararatu braucējam: “Griez apkārt un ved mani prom no kaujas lauka, jo esmu ievainots.” 35 Kauja todien bija jo sīva, ķēniņu turēja kararatos ar vaigu pret aramiešiem, bet vakarā viņš nomira, un asinis no viņa brūces satecēja kararatos. 36 Saulei rietot, pa visu karapulku sauca: “Ikviens uz savu pilsētu! Ikviens uz savu zemi!” 37 Tā ķēniņš nomira, un viņu aizveda apbedīt uz Samariju. 38 Kad Samarijas dīķī skaloja kararatus, suņi laizīja viņa asinis un turpat mazgājās maukas, kā bija sacījis Kunga vārds.
39 Bet pārējie Ahāba darbi un viss, ko viņš veica, un ziloņkaula nams, ko viņš uzcēla, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Israēla ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā? 40 Ahābs apgūlās pie tēviem, un pēc viņa sāka valdīt viņa dēls Ahazjāhu.
Jehošāfāts valda pār Jūdu
(2L 20:31–21:1)41 Jehošāfāts, Āsas dēls, sāka valdīt pār Jūdu Israēla ķēniņa Ahāba ceturtajā gadā. 42 Jehošāfātam bija trīsdesmit pieci gadi, kad viņš sāka valdīt, un viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē divdesmit piecus gadus. Viņa mātes vārds bija Azūba, Šilhī meita. 43 Viņš staigāja sava tēva Āsas ceļus, nenogriezās no tiem un darīja to, kas taisns Kunga acīs. 44 Tomēr augstieņu altāris netika sagrauts, tauta joprojām upurēja un kvēpināja augstienēs. 45 Jehošāfātam ar Israēla ķēniņu bija miers.
46 Bet pārējie Jehošāfāta darbi, viņa varonība un cīņas – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Jūdas ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā? 47 Viņš iznīcināja no zemes tempļu prostitūtas , kas vēl bija palikušas kopš viņa tēva Āsas dienām.
48 Bet Edomā nebija ķēniņa, tikai ķēniņa vietnieks. 49 Jehošāfāts taisīja tāljūras kuģus, lai brauktu uz Ofīru pēc zelta, bet tie turp neaizbrauca, jo Ecjon-Geberā kuģi tika sadragāti. 50 Tad Ahazjāhu, Ahāba dēls, sacīja Jehošāfātam: “Lai mani kalpi kuģo kopā ar taviem kalpiem.” Bet Jehošāfāts nepiekrita.
51 Jehošāfāts apgūlās pie tēviem, un viņu apbedīja viņa tēva Dāvida pilsētā, un pēc viņa sāka valdīt viņa dēls Jehorāms.
Ahazjāhu valda pār Israēlu
52 Jūdas ķēniņa Jehošāfāta septiņpadsmitajā valdīšanas gadā Samarijā pār Israēlu sāka valdīt Ahazjāhu, Ahāba dēls, un valdīja divus gadus. 53 Viņš darīja to, kas netīkams Kungam, un staigāja sava tēva un mātes ceļus un Jārobāma, Nebāta dēla, ceļus, likdams grēkot Israēlam. 54 Viņš kalpoja Baalam, zemojās tam un sadusmoja Kungu, Israēla Dievu, darīdams visu, ko bija darījis viņa tēvs.
