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And the word of the L
ORD
came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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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.
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And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Hast thou killed,
and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
, In the place
where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
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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 L
ORD
.
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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,
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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.
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And of Jezebel also spake the L
ORD
, saying, The
dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
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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.
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But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight
of the L
ORD
, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
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And he did very abominably in following idols,
according to all
things
as did the Amorites, whom the L
ORD
cast out before the children of Israel.
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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.
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And the word of the L
ORD
came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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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.
CHAPTER KINGS 22
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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And it came to pass in the
third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
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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?
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And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to
battle to Ramoth- gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I
am
as thou
art,
my people
as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I
pray thee, at the word of the L
ORD
to day.
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I
forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver
it
into the hand of the king.
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And
Jehoshaphat said,
Is there
not here a prophet of the L
ORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
There is
yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by
whom we may enquire of the L
ORD
: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me,
but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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Then the king of Israel called an officer,
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