The Second Book of Divre Hayamim, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Ba`sha
king of Yisra'el went up against Yehudah, and built Ramah, that he
might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Yehudah.
{16:2} Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of
the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-Hadad
king of Aram, who lived at Dammesek, saying, {16:3} [There is] a
league between me and you, as [there was] between my father and your
father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your league
with Ba`sha king of Yisra'el, that he may depart from me. {16:4}
Ben-Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies
against the cities of Yisra'el; and they struck `Iyon, and Dan, and
Avel-Mayim, and all the store-cities of Naftali. {16:5} It happened,
when Ba`sha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his
work cease. {16:6} Then Asa the king took all Yehudah; and they
carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which
Ba`sha had built; and he built therewith Geva and Mitzpah. {16:7} At
that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Yehudah, and said to
him, Because you have relied on the king of Aram, and have not relied
on the LORD your God, therefore is the host of the king of Aram
escaped out of your hand. {16:8} Weren't the Kushim and the Luvim a
huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because you
did rely on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. {16:9} For the
eyes of the LORD run back and forth throughout the whole
[1>]eretz[<1], to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose
heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from
henceforth you shall have wars. {16:10} Then Asa was angry with the
seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him
because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same
time. {16:11} Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of the kings of Yehudah and Yisra'el. {16:12}
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet;
his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he didn't seek the
LORD, but to the physicians. {16:13} Asa slept with his fathers, and
died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. {16:14} They buried
him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of
David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and
various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' are: and they
made a very great burning for him.
{17:1} Yehoshafat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened
himself against Yisra'el. {17:2} He placed forces in all the fortified
cities of Yehudah, and set garrisons in the land of Yehudah, and in
the cities of Efrayim, which Asa his father had taken. {17:3} The LORD
was with Yehoshafat, because he walked in the first ways of his father
David, and didn't seek the Ba`alim, {17:4} but sought to the God of
his father, and walked in his [1>]mitzvot[<1], and not after the
doings of Yisra'el. {17:5} Therefore the LORD established the kingdom
in his hand; and all Yehudah brought to Yehoshafat tribute; and he had
riches and honor in abundance. {17:6} His heart was lifted up in the
ways of the LORD: and furthermore he took away the high places and the
Asherim out of Yehudah. {17:7} Also in the third year of his reign he
sent his princes, even Ben-Hayil, and `Ovadyah, and Zekharyah, and
Netan'el, and Mikhayahu, to teach in the cities of Yehudah; {17:8} and
with them the Levites, even Shemayah, and Netanyah, and Zevadyah, and
`Asa'el, and Shemiramot, and Yehonatan, and Adoniyahu, and Toviyah,
and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Yehoram, the
[2>]Kohanim[<2]. {17:9} They taught in Yehudah, having the book of the
law of the LORD with them; and they went about throughout all the
cities of Yehudah, and taught among the people. {17:10} The fear of
the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about
Yehudah, so that they made no war against Yehoshafat. {17:11} Some of
the Pelishtim brought Yehoshafat presents, and silver for tribute; the
`Aravi'im also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred
rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats. {17:12}
Yehoshafat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Yehudah castles and
cities of store. {17:13} He had many works in the cities of Yehudah;
and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Yerushalayim. {17:14} This was
the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Yehudah,
the captains of thousands: `Adnach the captain, and with him mighty
men of valor three hundred thousand; {17:15} and next to him
Yehochanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
{17:16} and next to him `Amasyah the son of Zikhri, who willingly
offered himself to the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty
men of valor. {17:17} Of Binyamin: Elyada a mighty man of valor, and
with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; {17:18} and
next to him Yehozavad and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready
prepared for war. {17:19} These were those who waited on the king,
besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all
Yehudah.
{18:1} Now Yehoshafat had riches and honor in abundance; and he
joined affinity with Ach'av. {18:2} After certain years he went down
to Ach'av to Shomron. Ach'av killed sheep and oxen for him in
abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go
up [with him] to Ramot-Gil`ad. {18:3} Ach'av king of Yisra'el said to
Yehoshafat king of Yehudah, Will you go with me to Ramot-Gil`ad? He
answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and [we
will be] with you in the war. {18:4} Yehoshafat said to the king of
Yisra'el, Please inquire first for the word of the LORD. {18:5} Then
the king of Yisra'el gathered the prophets together, four hundred men,
and said to them, Shall we go to Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or shall I
forbear? They said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of
the king. {18:6} But Yehoshafat said, Isn't there here a prophet of
the LORD besides, that we may inquire of him? {18:7} The king of
Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, There is yet one man by whom we may
inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good
concerning me, but always evil: the same is Mikhayahu the son of Imla.
Yehoshafat said, Don't let the king say so. {18:8} Then the king of
Yisra'el called an officer, and said, Get quickly Mikhayahu the son of
Imla. {18:9} Now the king of Yisra'el and Yehoshafat the king of
Yehudah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were
sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Shomron; and
all the prophets were prophesying before them. {18:10} Tzidkiyahu the
son of Kena`anah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says the LORD,
With these shall you push the Aram, until they be consumed. {18:11}
All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramot-Gil`ad, and
prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.
{18:12} The messenger who went to call Mikhayahu spoke to him, saying,
Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one
mouth: let your word therefore, Please be like one of theirs, and
speak you good. {18:13} Mikhayahu said, As the LORD lives, what my God
says, that will I speak. {18:14} When he was come to the king, the
king said to him, Mikhayahu, shall we go to Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or
shall I forbear? He said, Go up, and prosper; and they shall be
delivered into your hand. {18:15} The king said to him, How many times
shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the
name of the LORD? {18:16} He said, I saw all Yisra'el scattered on the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These
have no master; let them return every man to his house in shalom.
{18:17} The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, Didn't I tell you
that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? {18:18}
[Mikhayahu] said, Therefore hear you the word of the LORD: I saw the
LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his
right hand and on his left. {18:19} The LORD said, Who shall entice
Ach'av king of Yisra'el, that he may go up and fall at Ramot-Gil`ad?
One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that
manner. {18:20} There came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD,
and said, I will entice him. The LORD said to him, 'How?' {18:21} He
said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets.' He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also:
go forth, and do so.' {18:22} Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put
a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the LORD has
spoken evil concerning you. {18:23} Then Tzidkiyahu the son of
Kena`anah came near, and struck Mikhayahu on the cheek, and said,
Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak to you? {18:24}
Mikhayahu said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go
into an inner chamber to hide yourself. {18:25} The king of Yisra'el
said, Take Mikhayahu, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the
city, and to Yo'ash the king's son; {18:26} and say, Thus says the
king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of
affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in shalom.
{18:27} Mikhayahu said, If you return at all in shalom, the LORD has
not spoken by me. He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you. {18:28} So
the king of Yisra'el and Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah went up to
Ramot-Gil`ad. {18:29} The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, I will
disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put you on your robes. So
the king of Yisra'el disguised himself; and they went into the battle.
{18:30} Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his
chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with
the king of Yisra'el. {18:31} It happened, when the captains of the
chariots saw Yehoshafat, that they said, It is the king of Yisra'el.
Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Yehoshafat cried
out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
{18:32} It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was
not the king of Yisra'el, that they turned back from pursuing him.
{18:33} A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king
of Yisra'el between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the
driver of the chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the host;
for I am sore wounded. {18:34} The battle increased that day: however
the king of Yisra'el stayed himself up in his chariot against the Aram
until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he
died.
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Footnotes:
[1] {16:9} earth
[1] {17:4} commandments
[2] {17:8} priests
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