2 Chronicles 18:28-19:3

Evangelical Heritage Version

Ahab Dies in Battle

²⁸ Then 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 when I go into the battle, but you wear your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

³⁰ The king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight against anyone, whether small or great, but only against the king of Israel.”

³¹ When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “That is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him.

Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him.

³² When the chariot commanders realized that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

³³ But a man shot an arrow at random and struck the king of Israel in the seam between two parts of his armor.

Ahab said to the chariot driver, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, because I have been wounded.”

³⁴ The battle increased in intensity all that day. The king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing Aram until evening. He died at sunset.

19 Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his house in Jerusalem safely.

² Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet King Jehoshaphat and said to him, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath from the Lord is upon you. ³ Nevertheless, good things are present in you, because you destroyed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart to seek God.”