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1 Kings 22 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1 - And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:2 - And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know ye that Remmath Galaad is ours, and we are [fn]slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:5 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:7 - And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, [fn]that we may enquire of the Lord by him?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here for us to enquire of the Lord [fn]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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, Bring hither quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda [fn]sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt [fn]push Syria, until it be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:13 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:14 - And Michaias said, As the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, [fn]that will I speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - And 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 [fn]deliver it into the hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock [fn]without a shepherd: and the Lord said, Is not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 - And 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, [fn]that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:21 - And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:22 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:23 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - And 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:25 - And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an innermost chamber to hide thyself there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26 - And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the [fn]keeper of the city;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - and 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:28 - And Michaias said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:29 - So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:30 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not against small [fn]or great, but against the king of Israel only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:33 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - And the war was turned in that day, and the king was [fn]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 [fn]bottom of the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36 - And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:37 - for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - And 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 [fn]built, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 - And Josaphat the son of Asa reigned over Juda: in the fourth year of Achaab king of Israel [fn]began Josaphat to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42 - [fn]Thirty 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And 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. (LXX 22:44) Only he took not away any of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:44 - (LXX 22:45) And Josaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - (LXX 22:46) And the rest of the [fn]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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - (LXX 22:51) And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - (LXX 22:52) And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - (LXX 22:53) And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - (LXX 22:54) And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him.
BES Footnotes
Gr. silent.
Gr. and we will enquire.
Gr. by him.
See Heb.
Gr. gore.
Gr. these things.
Gr. prosper the work, etc.
Gr. which has no shepherd.
Gr. and he shall, etc.
Gr. king.
Gr. and.
Lit. remaining.
Gr. bosom.
Gr. made.
Gr. reigned.
Gr. a son of thirty and five years in his reigning.
Gr. words.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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