the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and prevail also; go forth, and do so. 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. 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 to thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son ; 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this man in the prison, and feed him with the bread of affliction and with the water of affliction, until I come in safety. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in safety, the LORD hath not spoken by me. (Moreover he said [Mic. i. 1.], Hear, O ye peoples, every one of you.) 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth in Gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, that he would disguise himself and enter into the battle, But put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 And the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 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. 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. 34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the shoulder joints and the breastplate; wherefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded, 35 And the battle increased that day, And the king was propped up in his chariot in face of the Syrians, and died at evening; and the blood ran out of the wound into the hollow of the chariot. 36 And there went a cry throughout the camp about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. was 37 So the king died, and brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicies of the kings of Israel? 39 So Ahab slept with his fathers ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 40 And JEHOSHAPHAT the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel [B. C. 877]. 41 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; | shish to go to Ophir for gold. But and he reigned twenty and five years they went not; for the ships were in Jerusalem. And his mother's wrecked at Ezion-geber. name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 42 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD. Nevertheless the High Places were not taken away; for the people sacrificed and burnt incense yet on the High Places. 43 And Jehoshaphat remained at peace with the king of Israel. 44 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 45 And the remnant of the abominations, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 46 There was then no king in Edom; a [Jewish] officer reigned. 48 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. 49 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers [B. C. 853]; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 50 AHAZIAH the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah [B. C. 861], and reigned two years over Israel. 51 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; 52 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Eternal the God of Israel, ac 47 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tar-cording to all that his father had done. 15 And the angel of God said to Elijah, Go down with him; be not afraid of him. And he arose, and to us, Go, turn again to the king who let my life, and the life of these fifty sent you, and say to him, Thus saith thy servants, be precious in thy sight. the LORD, Is it because there is not 14 Behold there came fire down a God in Israel, that thou sendest to from heaven, and consumed the two inquire of Baal-zebub the god of captains of the former fifties with Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not their fifties; therefore let my life now come down from that bed on which be precious in thy sight. thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words? 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him; and behold, he sat on the top of the mountain. And he spake to him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then shall fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and it consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, fire shall come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray thee, went down with him to the king. 17 So he died according to the word of God which Elijah had spoken. And Joram [his brother] reigned in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? CHAPTER II. AND it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 4 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and they said to him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take up thy master above thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I know it. Hold ye your peace. 4 And Elijah said to him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said to him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take up thy master above thy head to-day? And he answered, Yea, I know it. Hold ye your peace. I 6 And Elijah said to him, Tarry, pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to the Jordan, And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood within sight afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass when they were gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they went on walking, and talked, that, behold, there came a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him. And he went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and he smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD the God of Elijah ? So he also smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets who were within sight at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 And they said to him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty men, sons of strength; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men. And they sought for three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not? 19. And the men of the city said to 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me. Wilt thou go with me against the Moabites to battle? And he said, I will go up; I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the Samaria at the same time, and situation of this city is pleasant, as mustered all Israel. my lord seeth; but the waters are bad, and the ground barren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new dish, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barrenness. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence to Beth-el. And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. CHAPTER III. NOW JORAM the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah [B. C. 860], and reigned twelve years. 2 And he did evil in the eyes of God; only not like his father, or like his mother. For he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the desert of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom. And they went round about for a seven days' journey; and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of the Moabites? 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands af Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of God is with him. So the king of Israel and Johoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? Get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Nay; for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of the Moabites. 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD 6 And the king Joram went out of of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, |