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2 Chronicles 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and
joined affinity with Ahab.
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Ahab was one of the worst kings of Israel
2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep
and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and
persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with
me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy
people; and we will be with thee in the war.
4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at
the word of the LORD to day.
5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men,
and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
And they said, Go up;
for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we
might inquire of him?
7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we
may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me,
but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let
not the king say so.
8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly
Micaiah the son of Imla.
9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his
throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in
of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus
saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and
prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the
words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word
therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I
speak.
14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we
go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and
prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say
nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep
that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return
therefore every man to his house in peace.
17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would
not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting
upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on
his left.
19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up
and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another
saying after that manner.
20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will
entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail:
go out, and do even so.
22 Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these
thy prophets, and
the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the
cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto
thee?
24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into
an inner chamber to hide thyself.
25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the
governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
26 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 return in peace.
27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD
spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramoth-gilead.
29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and
will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel
disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were
with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of
Israel.
31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that
they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to
fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to
depart from him.
32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that
it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel
between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn
thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself
up in his chariot against the
Syrians until the even: and about the time of the
sun going down he died.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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