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1 Kings · read by Eli Brayley
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1 Kings 22
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Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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who said to his servants, "Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So he asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?" Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, "I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?" "Go up," they replied, "and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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The king of Israel answered, "There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." "The king should not say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, "Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, "Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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But Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?" "Go up and triumph," Micaiah replied, "for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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But the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So Micaiah declared: "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.'"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear 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 and on His left.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one suggested this, and another that.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And he replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' 'You will surely entice him and prevail,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, "Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Micaiah replied, "You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And the king of Israel declared, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son,Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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and tell them that this is what the king says: 'Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.'"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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But Micaiah replied, "If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me." Then he added, "Take heed, all you people!"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.Read from ESV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, "Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel."Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely this is the king of Israel!" So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: "Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!"Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.Read from ESV · The Power and Danger of Deception
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And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab's blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.Read from KJV · The Power and Danger of Deception