1 Kings 22:3-15

Legacy Standard Bible

³ Then the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that ^(A)Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, but we are sitting still so as not to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?” ⁴ So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “^(B)I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

Ahab Hates Micaiah

⁵ Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire ^[a]first for the word of Yahweh.” ⁶ Then ^(C)the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” ⁷ But ^(D)Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not yet a prophet of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?” ⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.” ⁹ Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, “Hasten to bring Micaiah son of Imlah.” ¹⁰ Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and ^(E)all the prophets were prophesying before them. ¹¹ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made ^(F)horns of iron for himself and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^(G)With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.’” ¹² All the prophets were also prophesying thus, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, and Yahweh will give it into the hand of the king.”

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

¹³ Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets, as if from one mouth, are good towards the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.” ¹⁴ But Micaiah said, “^(H)As Yahweh lives, what ^(I)Yahweh says to me, that I shall speak.”

¹⁵ Then he came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he said to him, “^(J)Go up and succeed, and Yahweh will give it into the hand of the king.”