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17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said
 unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there
 shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
17:3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook
 Cherith, that is before Jordan.
17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have
 commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD:  for he went
 and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread
 and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because
 there had been no rain in the land.
17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell
 there:  behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath.  And when he came to the gate of
 the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks:  and he
 called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel,
 that I may drink.
17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring
 me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an
 handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse:  and, behold, I
 am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son,
 that we may eat it, and die.
17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: 
 but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after
 make for thee and for thy son.
17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
 waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD
 sendeth rain upon the earth.
17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah:  and she, and
 he, and her house, did eat many days.
17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil
 fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman,
 the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that
 there was no breath left in him.
17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of
 God?  art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my
 son?
17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son.  And he took him out of her
 bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon
 his own bed.
17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also
 brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto
 the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come
 into him again.
17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came
 into him again, and he revived.
17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber
 into the house, and delivered him unto his mother:  and Elijah said, See,
 thy son liveth.
17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man
 of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

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18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came
 to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will
 send rain upon the earth.
18:2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab.  And there was a sore
 famine in Samaria.
18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.  (Now
 Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that
 Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed
 them with bread and water. )
18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of
 water, and unto all brooks:  peradventure we may find grass to save the
 horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it:  Ahab went
 one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him:  and he knew
 him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
18:8 And he answered him, I am:  go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
 here.
18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant
 into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
18:10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither
 my lord hath not sent to seek thee:  and when they said, He is not
 there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee
 not.
18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the
 spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I
 come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:  but I thy
 servant fear the LORD from my youth.
18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of
 the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a
 cave, and fed them with bread and water?
18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here:  and
 he shall slay me.
18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I
 will surely show myself unto him to day.
18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him:  and Ahab went to meet
 Elijah.
18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,
 Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
 father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and
 thou hast followed Baalim.
18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel,
 and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the
 groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the
 prophets together unto mount Carmel.
18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
 between two opinions?  if the LORD be God, follow him:  but if Baal,
 then follow him.  And the people answered him not a word.
18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet
 of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one
 bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put
 no fire under:  and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood,
 and put no fire under:
18:24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of
 the LORD:  and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.  And all the
 people answered and said, It is well spoken.
18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for
 yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name
 of your gods, but put no fire under.
18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it,
 and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O
 Baal, hear us.  But there was no voice, nor any that answered.  And they
 leaped upon the altar which was made.
18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
 aloud:  for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
 is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with
 knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until
 the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was
 neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me.  And all the
 people came near unto him.  And he repaired the altar of the LORD that
 was broken down.
18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes
 of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel
 shall be thy name:
18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD:  and he
 made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of
 seed.
18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid
 him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on
 the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
18:34 And he said, Do it the second time.  And they did it the second
 time.  And he said, Do it the third time.  And they did it the third
 time.
18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also
 with water.
18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
 sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of
 Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God
 in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these
 things at thy word.
18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art
 the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and
 the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was
 in the trench.
18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces:  and they
 said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of
 them escape.  And they took them:  and Elijah brought them down to the
 brook Kishon, and slew them there.
18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is
 a sound of abundance of rain.
18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.  And Elijah went up to the top of
 Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between
 his knees,
18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.  And he went
 up, and looked, and said, There is nothing.  And he said, Go again seven
 times.
18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there
 ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.  And he said, Go
 up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain
 stop thee not.
18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with
 clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.  And Ahab rode, and went to
 Jezreel.
18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins,
 and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had
 slain all the prophets with the sword.
19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do
 to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them
 by to morrow about this time.
19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
 Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and
 sat down under a juniper tree:  and he requested for himself that he might
 die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not
 better than my fathers.
19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
 touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and
 a cruse of water at his head.  And he did eat and drink, and laid him down
 again.
19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him,
 and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that
 meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
 word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
 Elijah?
19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:  for
 the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
 altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am
 left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.  And,
 behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains,
 and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in
 the wind:  and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in
 the earthquake:
19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:
  and after the fire a still small voice.
19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face in
 his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.  And,
 behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here,
 Elijah?
19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: 
 because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
 thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only,
 am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of
 Damascus:  and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel:
  and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be
 prophet in thy room.
19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of
 Hazael shall Jehu slay:  and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall
 Elisha slay.
19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
 have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
 plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: 
 and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray
 thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.  And he
 said unto him, Go back again:  for what have I done to thee?
19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them,
 and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the
 people, and they did eat.  Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
 ministered unto him.

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20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together:  and
 there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots:  and
 he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said
 unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children,
 even the goodliest, are mine.
20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to
 thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad,
 saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy
 silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
20:6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and
 they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall
 be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in
 their hand, and take it away.
20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said,
 Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief:  for he sent
 unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my
 gold; and I denied him not.
20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto
 him, nor consent.
20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the
 king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: 
 but this thing I may not do.  And the messengers departed, and brought him
 word again.
20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more
 also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people
 that follow me.
20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that
 girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
20:12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was
 drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his
 servants, Set yourselves in array.  And they set themselves in array
 against the city.
20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying,
 Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?  behold, I
 will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am
 the LORD.
20:14 And Ahab said, By whom?  And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by
 the young men of the princes of the provinces.  Then he said, Who shall
 order the battle?  And he answered, Thou.
20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and
 they were two hundred and thirty two:  and after them he numbered all the
 people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
20:16 And they went out at noon.  But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk
 in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped
 him.
20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and
 Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of
 Samaria.
20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or
 whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the
 city, and the army which followed them.
20:20 And they slew every one his man:  and the Syrians fled; and Israel
 pursued them:  and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the
 horsemen.
20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,
 and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go,
 strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest:  for at the return
 of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are
 gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight
 against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place,
 and put captains in their rooms:
20:25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for
 horse, and chariot for chariot:  and we will fight against them in the
 plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.  And he hearkened unto
 their voice, and did so.
20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered
 the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and
 went against them:  and the children of Israel pitched before them like two
 little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and
 said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God
 of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver
 all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the
 LORD.
20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days.  And so it
 was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined:  and the children of
 Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell
 upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left.  And Benhadad
 fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the
 kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings:  let us, I pray thee,
 put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the
 king of Israel:  peradventure he will save thy life.
20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their
 heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad
 saith, I pray thee, let me live.  And he said, Is he yet alive?  he is
 my brother.
20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from
 him, and did hastily catch it:  and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. 
 Then he said, Go ye, bring him.  Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he
 caused him to come up into the chariot.
20:34 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from
 thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in
 Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.  Then said Ahab, I will send thee
 away with this covenant.  So he made a covenant with him, and sent him
 away.
20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour
 in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee.  And the man refused to
 smite him.
20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the
 LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.
  And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee.  And the
 man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
 disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king:  and he said, Thy
 servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned
 aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man:  if by any means
 he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay
 a talent of silver.
20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.  And the king
 of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided
 it.
20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of
 Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go
 out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore
 thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and
 came to Samaria.

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21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite
 had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of
 Samaria.
21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may
 have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house:  and I
 will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to
 thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the
 inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word
 which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him:  for he had said, I will not
 give thee the inheritance of my fathers.  And he laid him down upon his
 bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit
 so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
21:6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and
 said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee,
 I will give thee another vineyard for it:  and he answered, I will not
 give thee my vineyard.
21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of
 Israel?  arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry:  I will give
 thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal,
 and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his
 city, dwelling with Naboth.
21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth
 on high among the people:
21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against
 him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.  And then carry him
 out, and stone him, that he may die.
21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the
 inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it
 was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: 
 and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the
 presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. 
 Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones,
 that he died.
21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and
 was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard
 of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money:  for
 Naboth is not alive, but dead.
21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab
 rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take
 possession of it.
21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: 
 behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to
 possess it.
21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
 killed, and also taken possession?  And thou shalt speak unto him, saying,
 Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth
 shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, hast thou found me, O mine enemy?  And he
 answered, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work evil
 in the sight of the LORD.
21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity,
 and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that
 is shut up and left in Israel,
21:22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
 and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation
 wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel
 by the wall of Jezreel.
21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that
 dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work
 wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all
 things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of
 Israel.
21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his
 clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in
 sackcloth, and went softly.
21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me?  because he humbleth
 himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days:  but in his
 son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

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22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of
 Judah came down to the king of Israel.
22:3 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?
22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to
 Ramothgilead?  And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou
 art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at
 the word of the LORD to day.
22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
 hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle,
 or shall I forbear?  And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it
 into the hand of the king.
22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
 besides, that we might inquire of him?
22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
 Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire 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.
22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither
 Micaiah the son of Imlah.
22:10 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.
22:11 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.
22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and
 prosper:  for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
22:13 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.
22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me,
 that will I speak.
22:15 So he came to the king.  And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we
 go against Ramothgilead 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.
22:16 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?
22:17 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.
22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that
 he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
22:19 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.
22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall
 at Ramothgilead?  And one said on this manner, and another said on that
 manner.
22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I
 will persuade him.
22:22 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.
22:23 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.
22:24 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?
22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt
 go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
22:26 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;
22:27 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.
22:28 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.
22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
 Ramothgilead.
22:30 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.
22:31 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.
22:32 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.
22:33 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.
22:34 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.
22:35 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.
22:36 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.
22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king
 in Samaria.
22:38 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.
22:39 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?
22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
 stead.
22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
 year of Ahab king of Israel.
22:42 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.
22:43 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.
22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed,
 and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
 the kings of Judah?
22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his
 father Asa, he took out of the land.
22:47 There was then no king in Edom:  a deputy was king.
22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold:  but they
 went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go
 with thy servants in the ships.  But Jehoshaphat would not.
22:50 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.
22:51 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.
22:52 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:
22:53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD
 God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.