3. Krallar 22

¹Ve üç yıl boyunca barış içinde oturuldu; Suriye ile İsrail arasında hiçbir savaş olmadı.

²Üçüncü yılda Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat, İsrail Kralı'nın yanına aşağı indi.

³İsrail Kralı kendi hizmetkarlarına, "Gilead Ramot'un bize ait olduğunu biliyor musunuz? Biz ise onu Suriye Kralı'nın elinden geri almak için neden böyle sessiz kalıyoruz?" dedi.

⁴Sonra Yehoşafat'a, "Gilead Ramot'ta savaşmak için bizimle birlikte yukarı gelir misin?" diye sordu.

⁵Yehoşafat, "Ben senin gibiyim, halkım senin halkın, atlarım senin atlarındır" dedi. Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat, İsrail Kralı'na ayrıca, "Lütfen bugün önce Rabbe danışın" dedi.

⁶Bunun üzerine İsrail Kralı peygamberleri, yaklaşık dört yüz kişiyi bir araya topladı ve onlara, "Gilead Ramot'a savaşmaya gideyim mi, yoksa durayım mı?" diye sordu. Onlar da, "Yukarı çık, Rab onu kesinlikle kralın eline teslim edecektir" dediler.

⁷Ama Yehoşafat, "Burada kendisi aracılığıyla Rabbe danışabileceğimiz, O'nun başka bir peygamberi yok mu?" diye sordu.

⁸İsrail Kralı, Yehoşafat'a, "Rabbe danışabileceğimiz bir adam daha var; ama ondan nefret ediyorum, çünkü benim hakkımda hiç iyi bir şey peygamberlik etmez, hep kötü şeyler söyler. O, Yimla oğlu Mikaya'dır" dedi. Yehoşafat ise, "Kral böyle konuşmasın" dedi.

⁹Bunun üzerine İsrail Kralı bir saray görevlisini çağırıp, "Yimla oğlu Mikaya'yı hemen buraya getirin" dedi.

¹⁰İsrail Kralı ile Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat, kuşanmış olarak Samiriye kapısının girişinde tahtlarında oturuyorlardı; bütün peygamberler de onların önünde peygamberlik etmekteydi.

¹¹Kenana oğlu Sidkiya kendine demirden boynuzlar yapmış ve "Rab şöyle diyor: 'Suriye tamamen yok edilene dek onları bunlarla vurup atacaksın'" demişti.

¹²Diğer bütün peygamberler de aynı şekilde peygamberlik ederek, "Gilead Ramot'a git ve başarılı ol; Rab onu ve Suriye Kralı'nı senin eline teslim edecek" diyorlardı.

¹³Mikaya'yı çağırmaya giden haberci ona, "Bak, bütün peygamberler tek bir ağızdan kral için iyi şeyler söylüyorlar. Lütfen senin sözün de onlardan birinin sözü gibi olsun, sen de iyi şeyler söyle" dedi.

¹⁴Mikaya, "Rabbin varlığı hakkı için derim ki, Rab bana ne söylerse ancak onu söyleyeceğim" dedi.

¹⁵Kralın huzuruna çıktığında kral ona, "Mikaya, Gilead Ramot'a savaşmaya gidelim mi, yoksa durayım mı?" diye sordu. Mikaya, "Git, başarılı olacaksın; Rab onu kralın eline teslim edecek" dedi.

¹⁶Kral ona, "Rabbin adıyla bana gerçeğin dışında bir şey söylememen için sana kaç kez ant içirmeliyim?" dedi.

¹⁷Bunun üzerine Mikaya şöyle dedi: "Öyle değil! Bütün İsrail'i, çobansız koyunlar gibi dağlara dağılmış gördüm. Ve Rab, 'Bunların efendisi Tanrı değil mi? Her biri esenlikle evine dönsün' dedi."

¹⁸İsrail Kralı, Yehoşafat'a, "Sana onun benim hakkımda iyi değil, ancak kötü şeyler peygamberlik edeceğini söylememiş miydim?" dedi.

¹⁹Mikaya konuşmasına devam etti: "Öyle değil, ben değil, Rabbin sözünü dinle! Rabbi, tahtında otururken gördüm; bütün göksel ordular O'nun sağında ve solunda duruyordu.

²⁰Rab, 'Gilead Ramot'a gidip ölsün diye İsrail Kralı Ahab'ı kim kandıracak?' diye sordu. Biri şöyle, diğeri böyle dedi.

²¹Sonunda bir ruh çıkıp Rabbin önünde durdu ve 'Onu ben kandırırım' dedi.

²²Rab ona, 'Nasıl?' diye sordu. Ruh, 'Gideceğim ve onun bütün peygamberlerinin ağzında yalancı bir ruh olacağım' dedi. Rab de, 'Onu kandırmayı başaracaksın; git ve dediğini yap' dedi.

²³İşte Rab, bu bütün peygamberlerinin ağzına yalancı bir ruh koydu; çünkü Rab senin hakkında yıkım kararı verdi.

²⁴O sırada Kenana oğlu Sidkiya yaklaşıp Mikaya'nın yanağına bir tokat attı ve "Rabbin hangi ruhudur senin içinde konuşan?" dedi.

²⁵Mikaya, "Gizlenmek için iç odalara kaçacağın gün bunu göreceksin" diye karşılık verdi.

²⁶İsrail Kralı, "Mikaya'yı yakalayın, onu şehrin kralı Şemer'e ve kralın oğlu Yoaş'a götürün" dedi.

²⁷"Onlara deyin ki: 'Kral şöyle buyuruyor: Bu adamı zindana atın; ben esenlikle dönene kadar ona sıkıntı ekmeği ve sıkıntı suyu verin.'"

²⁸Mikaya, "Eğer gerçekten esenlikle dönersen, Rab benim aracılığımla konuşmamıştır" dedi.

²⁹Böylece İsrail Kralı ile Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat birlikte Gilead Ramot'a gittiler.

³⁰İsrail Kralı, Yehoşafat'a, "Ben kılık değiştirip savaşa gireceğim, ama sen benim kraliyet giysilerimi giy" dedi. Böylece İsrail Kralı kılık değiştirip savaşa girdi.

³¹Suriye Kralı ise savaş arabalarının otuz iki komutanına, "Küçük büyük hiç kimseyle savaşmayın, sadece tek başına İsrail Kralı'na karşı savaşın" diye buyurmuştu.

³²Savaş arabalarının komutanları Yehoşafat'ı görünce, "İşte İsrail Kralı bu!" dediler ve ona saldırmak için etrafını sardılar. Yehoşafat feryat etti.

³³Savaş arabalarının komutanları onun İsrail Kralı olmadığını anlayınca onu kovalamaktan vazgeçtiler.

³⁴Ancak bir asker yayını isabetli bir şekilde gerip okunu fırlattı ve İsrail Kralı'nı akciğeri ile göğüs zırhının birleştiği yerin tam ortasından vurdu. Kral arabacısına, "Arabayı geri döndür ve beni savaşın dışına çıkar, çünkü yaralandım" dedi.

³⁵O gün savaş bozguna doğru döndü. Kral, akşama kadar Suriyelilerin karşısında, arabasının içinde ayakta durmak zorunda kaldı. Yarasından akan kan arabanın içine doluyordu. Akşamüstü kral öldü; yarasından akan kan arabanın tabanına kadar yayılmıştı.

³⁶Gün batarken orduda şu feryat yükseldi: "Herkes kendi kentine, herkes kendi toprağına dönsün!

³⁷Çünkü kral öldü." Kralı Samiriye'ye getirdiler ve orada gömdüler.

³⁸Savaş arabasını Samiriye Havuzu'nda yıkadıklarında, Rabbin bildirmiş olduğu söz uyarınca, domuzlar ve köpekler onun kanını yaladı, fahişeler de o kanla yıkandı.

³⁹Ahab'ın yaptığı diğer işler, bütün başarıları, yaptırdığı fildişi saray ve inşa ettiği bütün kentler İsrail krallarının tarihlerini içeren kitapta yazılı değil midir?

⁴⁰Ahab ölüp atalarına kavuşunca, yerine oğlu Ahazya kral oldu.

⁴¹Asa oğlu Yehoşafat, İsrail Kralı Ahab'ın krallığının dördüncü yılında Yahuda Kralı oldu.

⁴²Yehoşafat otuz beş yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de yirmi beş yıl krallık yaptı. Annesi, Salai'nin kızı Azuba'ydı.

⁴³Babası Asa'nın izlediği bütün yollarda yürüdü, onlardan sapmadı; Rabbin gözünde doğru olanı yaptı.

⁴⁴Ancak yüksek yerleri ortadan kaldırmadı; halk hâlâ yüksek yerlerde kurban kesip buhur yakıyordu.

⁴⁵Yehoşafat, İsrail Kralı ile barış içinde yaşadı.

⁴⁶Yehoşafat'ın yaptığı diğer işler, gösterdiği yiğitlikler ve yaptığı savaşlar Yahuda krallarının tarihlerini içeren kitapta yazılı değil midir?

⁴⁷Babası Asa'nın döneminden geri kalan tapınak fahişelerini ülkeden temizledi.

⁴⁸Edom'da atanmış bir kral yoktu; ülkeyi bir vali yönetiyordu.

⁴⁹Kral Yehoşafat, altın getirmek üzere Ofir'e gitmek için Tarşiş gemileri yaptırdı; ama gidemediler, çünkü gemiler Esyon Geber'de parçalandı.

⁵⁰O zaman Ahab oğlu Ahazya, Yehoşafat'a, "Benim adamlarım senin adamlarınla birlikte gemilerle gitsinler" dedi; ama Yehoşafat bunu kabul etmedi.

⁵¹Ve Yehoşafat ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve babası Davut'un kentinde atalarının yanına gömüldü. Yerine oğlu Yehoram kral oldu.

⁵²Ahab oğlu Ahazya, Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'ın on yedinci yılında Samiriye'de İsrail Kralı oldu ve İsrail'de iki yıl krallık yaptı.

⁵³Rabbin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı; babası Ahab'ın, annesi İzebel'in ve İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Nebat oğlu Yarovam'ın yollarında yürüdü.

⁵⁴Baallar'a kulluk edip onlara tapındı ve kendisinden önceki babasının yaptığı her şey gibi, İsrail'in Tanrısı Rabbi çok öfkelendirdi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐκάθισε τὰ τρία ἔτη, καὶ οὐκ ἦν πόλεμος ἀνὰ μέσον Συρίας καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ᾿Ισραήλ.

²καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ τρίτῳ καὶ κατέβη ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ισραήλ.

³καὶ εἶπε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ· εἰ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡμῖν Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαάδ, καὶ ἡμεῖς σιωπῶμεν λαβεῖν αὐτὴν ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως Συρίας;

⁴καὶ εἶπε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· ἀναβήσῃ μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν εἰς Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαὰδ εἰς πόλεμον;

⁵καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· καθὼς ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ οὕτως, καθὼς ὁ λαός μου ὁ λαός σου, καθὼς οἱ ἵπποι μου οἱ ἵπποι σου. καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ισραήλ· ἐπερωτήσατε δὴ σήμερον τὸν Κύριον.

⁶καὶ συνήθροισεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πάντας τοὺς προφήτας, ὡς τετρακοσίους ἄνδρας, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεύς· εἰ πορευθῶ εἰς Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαὰδ εἰς πόλεμον ἢ ἐπίσχω; καὶ εἶπον· ἀνάβαινε, καὶ διδοὺς δώσει Κύριος εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως.

⁷καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ισραήλ· οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε προφήτης τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ ἐπερωτήσομεν τὸν Κύριον δι᾿ αὐτοῦ;

⁸καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· εἷς ἐστιν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸ ἐπερωτῆσαι δι᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐγὼ μεμίσηκα αὐτόν, ὅτι οὐ λαλεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ καλά, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ κακά, Μιχαίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιεμβλαά. καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα· μὴ λεγέτω ὁ βασιλεὺς οὕτως.

⁹καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ εὐνοῦχον ἕνα καὶ εἶπε· τὸ τάχος Μιχαίαν υἱὸν ᾿Ιεμβλαά.

¹⁰καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα ἐκάθηντο ἀνὴρ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ ἔνοπλοι ἐν ταῖς πύλαις Σαμαρείας, καὶ πάντες οἱ προφῆται ἐπροφήτευον ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν.

¹¹καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ Σεδεκίας υἱὸς Χανανὰ κέρατα σιδηρᾶ καὶ εἶπε· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἐν τούτοις κερατιεῖς τὴν Συρίαν, ἕως συντελεσθῇ.

¹²καὶ πάντες οἱ προφῆται ἐπροφήτευον οὕτως λέγοντες· ἀνάβαινε εἰς Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαάδ, καὶ εὐοδώσει καὶ δώσει Κύριος εἰς χεῖράς σου καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Συρίας.

¹³καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ πορευθεὶς καλέσαι τὸν Μιχαίαν ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ λέγων· ἰδοὺ δὴ λαλοῦσι πάντες οἱ προφῆται ἐν στόματι ἑνὶ καλὰ περὶ τοῦ βασιλέως· γίνου δὴ καὶ σὺ εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου κατὰ τοὺς λόγους ἑνὸς τούτων καὶ λάλησον καλά.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας· ζῇ Κύριος, ὅτι ἃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ Κύριος πρός με, ταῦτα λαλήσω.

¹⁵καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· Μιχαία, εἰ ἀναβῶ εἰς Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαὰδ εἰς πόλεμον, ἢ ἐπίσχω; καὶ εἶπεν· ἀνάβαινε, καὶ εὐοδώσει Κύριος εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· ποσάκις ἐγὼ ὁρκίζω σε ὅπως λαλήσῃς πρός με ἀλήθειαν ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου;

¹⁷καὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας· οὐχ οὕτως. ἑώρακα πάντα τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ διεσπαρμένον ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ὡς ποίμνιον, ᾧ οὐκ ἔστι ποιμήν, καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· οὐ κύριος τούτοις Θεός; ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἀναστρεφέτω.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα· οὐκ εἶπα πρός σε ὅτι οὐ προφητεύει οὗτός μοι καλά, διότι ἀλλ᾿ ἢ κακά;

¹⁹καὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας· οὐχ οὕτως, οὐκ ἐγώ, ἄκουε ῥῆμα Κυρίου, οὐχ οὕτως· εἶδον Θεὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἱστήκει περὶ αὐτὸν ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων.

²⁰καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· τίς ἀπατήσει τὸν ᾿Αχαὰβ βασιλέα ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἀναβήσεται καὶ πεσεῖται ἐν Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαάδ; καὶ εἶπεν οὗτος οὕτως καὶ οὗτος οὕτως.

²¹καὶ ἐξῆλθε πνεῦμα καὶ ἔστη ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν· ἐγὼ ἀπατήσω αὐτόν.

²²καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Κύριος· ἐν τίνι; καὶ εἶπεν· ἐξελεύσομαι καὶ ἔσομαι πνεῦμα ψευδὲς εἰς τὸ στόμα πάντων τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν· ἀπατήσεις καί γε δυνήσῃ, ἔξελθε καὶ ποίησον οὕτως.

²³καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἔδωκε Κύριος πνεῦμα ψευδὲς ἐν στόματι πάντων τῶν προφητῶν σου τούτων, καὶ Κύριος ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ σὲ κακά.

²⁴καὶ προσῆλθε Σεδεκίας υἱὸς Χανανὰ καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν Μιχαίαν ἐπὶ τὴν σιαγόνα καὶ εἶπε· ποῖον πνεῦμα Κυρίου τὸ λαλῆσαν ἐν σοί;

²⁵καὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας· ἰδοὺ σὺ ὄψῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ὅταν εἰσέλθῃς ταμιεῖον τοῦ ταμιείου τοῦ κρυβῆναι ἐκεῖ.

²⁶καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραήλ· λάβετε τὸν Μιχαίαν καὶ ἀποστρέψατε αὐτὸν πρὸς Σεμὴρ τὸν βασιλέα τῆς πόλεως· καὶ τῷ ᾿Ιωὰς υἱῷ τοῦ βασιλέως

²⁷εἰπὸν θέσθαι τοῦτον ἐν φυλακῇ καὶ ἐσθίειν αὐτὸν ἄρτον θλίψεως καὶ ὕδωρ θλίψεως ἕως τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι με ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

²⁸καὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας· ἐὰν ἐπιστρέφων ἐπιστρέψῃς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, οὐ λελάληκε Κύριος ἐν ἐμοί.

²⁹καὶ ἀνέβη βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰς Ῥεμμὰθ Γαλαάδ.

³⁰καὶ εἶπε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα· συγκαλύψομαι καὶ εἰσελεύσομαι εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, καὶ σὺ ἔνδυσαι τὸν ἱματισμόν μου· καὶ συνεκαλύψατο βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον.

³¹καὶ βασιλεὺς Συρίας ἐνετείλατο τοῖς ἄρχουσι τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ τριάκοντα καὶ δυσὶ λέγων· μὴ πολεμεῖτε μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Ισραὴλ μονώτατον.

³²καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς εἶδον οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἁρμάτων τὸν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ αὐτοὶ εἶπαν· φαίνεται βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ οὗτος· καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν αὐτὸν πολεμῆσαι, καὶ ἀνέκραξεν ᾿Ιωσαφάτ.

³³καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς εἶδον οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἁρμάτων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ οὗτος, καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

³⁴καὶ ἐπέτεινεν εἷς τὸ τόξον εὐστόχως καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ πνεύμονος καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ θώρακος. καὶ εἶπε τῷ ἡνιόχῳ αὐτοῦ· ἐπίστρεψον τὰς χεῖράς σου καὶ ἐξάγαγέ με ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου, ὅτι τέτρωμαι.

³⁵καὶ ἐτροπώθη ὁ πόλεμος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦν ἑστηκὼς ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐξεναντίας Συρίας ἀπὸ πρωΐ ἕως ἑσπέρας καὶ ἐπέχυνε τὸ αἷμα ἀπὸ τῆς πληγῆς εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ ἅρματος· καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἑσπέρας, καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο τὸ αἷμα τῆς τροπῆς ἕως τοῦ κόλπου τοῦ ἅρματος.

³⁶καὶ ἔστη ὁ στρατοκήρυξ δύοντος τοῦ ἡλίου λέγων· ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν,

³⁷ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ βασιλεύς. καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Σαμάρειαν καὶ ἔθαψαν τὸν βασιλέα ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ.

³⁸καὶ ἀπένιψαν τὸ αἷμα ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην Σαμαρείας, καὶ ἐξέλειξαν αἱ ὕες καὶ οἱ κύνες τὸ αἷμα, καὶ αἱ πόρναι ἐλούσαντο ἐν τῷ αἵματι κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησε.

³⁹καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Αχαὰβ καὶ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησε, καὶ οἶκον ἐλεφάντινον, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησε, καὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις, ἃς ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γέγραπται ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ;

⁴⁰καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Αχαὰβ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Οχοζίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁴¹Καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ υἱὸς ᾿Ασὰ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ιούδαν· ἐν ἔτει τετάρτῳ τοῦ ᾿Αχαὰβ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωσαφάτ.

⁴²υἱὸς τριάκοντα καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτόν, καὶ εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ᾿Αζουβὰ θυγάτηρ Σαλαΐ.

⁴³καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ ᾿Ασὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἐξέκλινεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου·

⁴⁴πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς.

⁴⁵καὶ εἰρήνευσεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ μετὰ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁴⁶καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ καὶ αἱ δυναστεῖαι αὐτοῦ, ὅσα ἐποίησεν οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ιούδα;*

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⁵¹καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη παρὰ τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁵²Καὶ ᾿Οχοζίας υἱὸς ᾿Αχαὰβ ἐβασίλευεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐν ἔτει ἑπτακαιδεκάτῳ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δύο ἔτη.

⁵³καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ ᾿Αχαὰβ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ὁδῷ ᾿Ιεζάβελ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις οἴκου ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁵⁴καὶ ἐδούλευσε τοῖς Βααλὶμ καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτοῖς καὶ παρώργισε τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, κατὰ πάντα τὰ γενόμενα ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ. ________ *

⁴⁷Καὶ περισσὸν τοῦ ἐνδιηλλαγμένου, ὃ ὑπελείφθη ἐν ἡμέραις ᾿Ασὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐπέλεξεν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

⁴⁸καὶ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἦν ἐν ᾿Εδὼμ ἐστηλωμένος. καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς

⁴⁹᾿Ιωσαφὰτ ἐποίησε νῆας εἰς Θαρσὶς τοῦ πορευθῆναι ᾿Ωφέρδε εἰς χρυσίον, καὶ οὐκ ἐπορεύθησαν, ὅτι συνετρίβησαν νῆες ἐν ᾿Ασεὼν Γαβέρ.

⁵⁰τότε εἶπε ᾿Οχοζίας υἱὸς ᾿Αχαὰβ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· πορευθήτωσαν δοῦλοί μου μετὰ τῶν δούλων σου ταῖς ναυσί· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ᾿Ιωσαφάτ.

¹And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.

²And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.

³And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know ye that Remmath Galaad [is] ours, and we are slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

⁴And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?

⁵And Josaphat said, As I [am], so [art] thou also; as my people, [so is] thy people; as my horses, [so are] thy horses. And Josaphat king of Juda said to the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord to-day.

⁶And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give [it] into the hands of the king.

⁷And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him?

⁸And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here [for us] to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so.

⁹And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, [Bring hither] quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.

¹⁰And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

¹¹And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until it be consumed.

¹²And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Remmath Galaad, and [the thing] shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into thine hands.

¹³And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now thy words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.

¹⁴And Michaias said, [As] the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.

¹⁵And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

¹⁶And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?

¹⁷And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, [Is] not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.

¹⁸And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to thee that this man does not prophesy good to me, for [he speaks] nothing but evil?

¹⁹And Michaias said, Not so, [it is] not I: hear the word of the Lord; [it is] not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.

²⁰And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.

²¹And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.

²²And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him, yea, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.

²³And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.

²⁴And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord [has] spoken in thee?

²⁵And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an innermost chamber to hide thyself there.

²⁶And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the keeper of the city;

²⁷and tell Joas the king’s son to put this [fellow] in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.

²⁸And Michaias said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

²⁹So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad.

³⁰And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and do thou put on my raiment. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

³¹And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not [against] small or great, but against the king of Israel only.

³²And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat king of Juda, that they said, this seems [to be] the king of Israel. And they compassed him about to fight [against] him; and Josaphat cried out.

³³And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him.

³⁴And one drew a bow with a good aim, and smote the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn thine hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded.

³⁵And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot, against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

³⁶And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,

³⁷for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.

³⁸And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.

³⁹And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he built, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

⁴⁰And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.

⁴¹And Josaphat the son of Asa reigned over Juda: in the fourth year of Achaab king of Israel began Josaphat to reign.

⁴²Thirty and five years old [was he] when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name [was] Azuba daughter of Salai.

⁴³And he walked in all the way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.

⁴⁴Only he took not away [any] of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

⁴⁵And Josaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.

⁴⁶And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? *

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⁵¹And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried by his fathers in the city of David his father, and Joram his son reigned in his stead.

⁵²And Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria: in the seventeenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria two years.

⁵³And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Achaab his father, and in the way of Jezabel his mother, and in the sins of the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin.

⁵⁴And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him. ___________ *

⁴⁷And the rest of the sodomites left remaining in the days of Asa his father he chose [to remove] out of the land.

⁴⁸And no king stood in Edom. And king

⁴⁹Josaphat prepared ships to go to Tharsis [and] to go to Opherde for gold, and they did not go, for the ships were shattered in Aseon Gaber.

⁵⁰Then Ochozias son of Achaab said to Josaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Josaphat would not.