1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 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? 4 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. 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 6 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. 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? 8 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 LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand. 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
15 ¶ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade 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 unto 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 unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 27 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 come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over 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 joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. 35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
37 ¶ So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41 ¶ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 45 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? 46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 ¶ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 ¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52 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: 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
Kēbo-aob Mikajab ge Axaba ra ǃkhâikhom
(2 Kroniks 18:2-27)1 ǃNona kurigu ǁaeba i ge toro-e Siriab tsî Israeli tsîkha ǁaegu ge hâ tama hâ i, 2 xawe ǃnonaǁî kurib ǃnâb ge Judab gao-aob Josafata, Israeli gao-aob Axab ǁga ge ǃgû.
3 Gao-aob Axab ge ǁîb di ǂamkhoega ǃoa ge mî: “Sago ge Gileadi ǃnâ ǂnôa ǃās Ramots a sada di ǃkhaisa ǃgâise a ǂan, xawe da ge ǁîsa Siriab gao-aoba xu hō-oas ǃaroma xū-i xare-e dī tama hâ.” 4 Tsîb ge Axaba Josafata ge dî: “ǃGûts nî tita ǀkha, Ramots ǃoagu sī nî ǃkhamse?”
Ob ge Josafata ge ǃeream: “Tita ge sats ǀkha a ǀgui, ti toroǃkhamaogu ge a sa tsî ti hāgu ge a sa, 5 xawe aibe ǃKhūb ai dî re.”
6 Ob ge gao-aob Axaba kēbo-aogu, ǁaubexa hakakaidisiga ǂgaiǀhao tsî ǁîga ge dî: “ǃKham ta sī nî Ramots ǃoagu tamas ka io ta nî ǀû?”
O gu ge ǁîga “ǃKham sī, ǃKhūb ǁîs ǂama dansa nî mā tsi xuige” ti ge ǃeream.
7 Xaweb ge Josafata “ǀNî kēbo-ao-i, ǁî-i ǃnâ-u khom ǃKhūba nî dî-e nēpa a ǀkhai?” ti ge dî.
8 Ob ge Axaba ge ǃeream: “ǀGuib ge noxopa hâ, Imlab ôab Mikajaba, xawe ta ge tita ǁîba ǁkhan hâ, tita xab ǀgui ǃgâi xū-i tsîna kēbo tama tsî tsū xūn ǀguina ra kēbo xui-ao.”
Josafati ge “Tā ǁnāti mî” ti ge ǃeream.
9 Ob ge Axaba gao-ommi di ǂamkhoeba ǂgai tsî ge mîmā, îb Mikajaba ǃhaese sī ū.
10 Gao-aob Axab tsî gao-aob Josafati tsîkha ge gao-aosi sarana ana hâse, dāǃnâǃkhais tawa, Samarias dao-ams ais ai tronra âkha ai ge ǂnôa i, tsî gu ge kēbo-aogu hoaga ǁîkha ais ai gere kēbo. 11 ǁÎgu di ǀguib Sedekiab, Kenaanab ôab ge ǂnūǀuri ǁnâkha dībasen tsî ge mî: “Nētib ge ǃKhūba ra mî: ‘Nēkha ǀkhats ge Siriaǁîn ǃoagu ǃkham tsî ǁîna hoaragase nî hîkākā.’ ” 12 Nau kēbo-aogu hoagu ge ǁnās ǁkhāsa ge mî: “Ramots Gileadi ǃnâ ǂnôas ǃoagu sī ǃkham dants nî xuige. ǃKhūb ge dansa nî mā tsi.”
13 Mikajaba ge ǂgaiǃgû sîsabeb ge ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Nau kēbo-aogu hoagu ge gao-aob ǃgâiba ǃoa go kēbo, xuige sats tsîna ǁnāti dī, î gao-aob ǃgâib ǃoa ǃhoa re.”
14 Xaweb ge Mikajaba “ǃKhūb a ûitsama ǃkhais ao ta ge ǃKhūb ga mîba te khami nî mî” ti ge ǃeream.
15 Tsî Mikajab ge hā, ob ge gao-aoba ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Mikajatse, ǃkham ge sī nî Ramots ǃoagu tamas ka io ǀû ge nî?”
“ǃKham sī, dan go nî xuige. ǃKhūb ge dansa nî mā go” tib ge Mikajaba ge ǃeream.
16 Xaweb ge gao-aoba ge mî: “Mâtikō ǃnāde ta kha nî mîba tsi, tita ǀkhats ga ǃKhūb ǀons ǃnâ ǃhoa, ots amab ǀguiba nî mîba te ǃkhaisa?”
17 Ob ge Mikajaba ge mî: “Tita ge Israeli di toroǃkhamaoga, ǃûi-ao-e ūhâ tama gūn khami gu ǃhomgu ai ǀgaruǀgaruhe hâse ge mû. Tsîb ge ǃKhūba ge mî: ‘ǁÎgu ge ǂgaeǂgui-ao-e ūhâ tama hâ, xuige ab mâb hoaba ǂkhîb ǃnâ oms âb ǁga oa.’ ”
18 Ob ge gao-aob Axaba Josafata ǃoa ge mî: “Mîba tsi tama ta hâ ǁîb tita xa ǃgâi xū-i tsîna kēbo tama tsî tsū xūn ǀguina ra kēbo ǃkhaisa.”
19 ǃAruǀîb ge Mikajaba ge mî: “ǃGâ nēsi tare-eb ǃKhūba ra mîsa. Tita ge ǃKhūba trons âb aib ǂnôase ge mû tsî ǀhomǃgāgu ge ǁîb di hoa ǀkhākha ai ge mâ i. 20 Tsîb ge ǃKhūba ge dî: ‘Tari-e Axaba nî ǃhoaǁnâdana, îb Ramots ǃoa ǃgû tsî ǁnāpa sī ǃgamhe?’ O gu ge ǀhomǃgāga nēba nēti tsî nauba nauti ge mî. 21 Ob ge ǀgui gagaba aisǀkhāb ǁga ǂoaxa tsî ǃKhūb ais ai hā mâ tsî ge mî: ‘Tita ge ǁîba nî ǃhoaǁnâdana’ 22 ‘Mâ ǀgaub ai?’ tib ge ǃKhūba a dî, ob ge gagaba ge mî: ‘Tita ge Axab kēbo-aogu hoaga sī ǂhumiba nî ǃhoa kai.’ Ob ge ǃKhūba ge mî: ‘ǃGû, î sī gāxaǃnâ bi ǁnāsats nî hōbē xuige.’ ”
23 ǃAruǀîb ge Mikajaba ge mî: “ǃKhūb ge ge dī nē kēbo-aogu sagu nî ǂhumiba tsisa, xaweb ge ǃKhūba tsūǀkhāba sats ai nî hā kai.”
24 Ob ge Sedekiaba ǀgūse sī tsî Mikajaba ais ǃnâ ǁapu tsî ge dî: “Mâ ǁaeba xub ǃKhūb di gagaba tita xu ǂoa tsî sats ǀkha ra ǃhoa?”
25 Ob ge Mikajaba “ǁNāsats ge ǂganaga hâ ǃnā-oms ǃnâts ga gaugausents nîse ǂgâ, o nî mû” ti ge ǃeream.
26 Gao-aob ge ǁîb ǂamkhoegu di ǀguiba ge mîmā: “Mikajaba ǃkhō, î ǁîba ǃās ǂgaeǂgui-aob Amonni tsî gaoǀgôab Joasi tsîkha ǁga ǃgû-ū, 27 î ǁîkha mîba, î kha ǃkhō-oms ǃnâ ǂgā tsî pere-i tsî ǁgam-i tsîn ǀguina mā bi, tita ǂuruse nî oahās kōse.”
28 Ob ge Mikajaba ge mî: “ǂUrusets nî oahās karao, ob ge ǃKhūba tita ǃnâ-u go ǃhoa tama hâ i.” Tsîb ge ǃaruǀî “Sago hoago nēsa ǁnâu re” ti ge mî.
Gao-aob Axab di ǁōb
(2 Kroniks 18:28-34)29 ǁNās khaoǃgâ kha ge Israeli gao-aob Axab tsî Judab gao-aob Josafati tsîkha Gileadi ǃnâ ǂnôa ǃās Ramots ǁga ge ǃgû, ǁîsa kha sī nî ǁnāǂamga. 30 Ob ge Axaba Josafata ǃoa “Toroǃkhams ǀkha khom nî tsoatsoas aiǃâ ta ge tita mûǃāhe ta tidese nî ǀkharaǀkharasen, xawe satsa sa gaosaraba ana” ti ge mî. ǁNātib ge Israeli gao-aoba ǀkharaǀkharasen hâse ǃkhams ǃnâ ge ǂgâ.
31 Siriab di gao-aob ge ǃnonadisi ǃkhōdana-aogu ǁîb torokunidi diga ge mîmā, î gu tā ǀnî khoe-i xare-i ǃoagu ǃkham, î gu Israeli gao-aob ǀguiba ǁnāǂam. 32 O gu ge ǁîga gao-aob Josafata gu ge mûo Israeli gao-aob ti ǂâi tsî ǁîba gere ǁnāǂam ǂgao. Xawe Josafati ge ǃau, 33 o gu ge ǁîb Israeli gao-ao tama ǃkhaisa ge ǂan tsî ǁîba sauruǃgonsa ge ǀû. 34 Xaweb ge ǀguib ǁîgu diba ǂā-eb ge ǁkhâuo, Israeli gao-aoba ǁkhaiǁkhausarab a ǂâǁaresa ǃkhaib ǃnâ-u ge ǁkhâuhō. Ob ge ǁîba torokuniǃnari-aob âb ǃoa “Tsuihe ta go xuige dabasen, î ǃkhamsa xu ūǂui te” ti ge mî.
35 Toroǃkhams ge kaise ge ǀgai tsîb ge gao-aoba Siriaǁîgu ǃoa-ai torokunis âb ǀkha ge mâǀgara. ǀHapis âba xu ra ǂoaxa ǀaob ge torokunis ǃnâ gere dâu tsîb ge ǃuia ge ǁō. 36 Tsî sores ǂgâb aiǃâ i ge mîmā-e Israeli toroǂnubis ǃnâ ge ǂgaiǂuihe: “Ab mâ khoeb hoaba ǁîb di ǃhūb tsî ǃās ǁga oa.”
37 ǁNātib ge gao-aoba ge ǁō tsîs ge ǁîb sorosa Samarias tawa sī-ūhe tsî ǁnāpa ge ǁkhōhe. 38 ǁÎb di torokunis ge Samarias di ǀaus tawa a ǁāǃnâhe, on ge arina ǁîb ǀaoba gere tsā tsî di ge ǀai-aodi tsîna ǁnāpa gere ǁāsen. Nēs ge ǃKhūb ge ǀnai mî hâ i khami ge ī.
39 Nau ǃnaeǃkhaidi Axab didi, dīb ge xūn hoan, ǁîb ommi ǂkhoaǁgûgu ǀkha ge anisa ib tsî ǃādi hîab ge kurudi tsîn ge ǃNaeǃkhaidi ǂKhanis Israeli Gao-aogu dis ǃnâ a xoamâisa. 40 Axab ǁōb khaoǃgâb ge ǁîb ôab Ahasiaba ǁîb soas ǃnâ ge gao-ao kai.
Judab gao-aob Josafati
(2 Kroniks 20:31—21:1)41 Hakaǁî kurib Israeli gao-aob Axab ǂgaeǂguis dib ǃnâb ge Asab ôab Josafata ge Judab gao-ao kai. 42 Josafati ge ǃnonadisikoroǀa kurixab a hîa ge gao-ao kai tsî ǀgamdisikoroǀa kuriga Jerusalems ǃnâ gere ǂgaeǂgui. ǁÎb îs ge Asubas, Silhib ôasa. 43 ǁÎb ge ǁîb îb Asab ǁkhāb khami ǃKhūb mûǁae ǂhanuna gere dī, xawe di ge ǀgapigu ai hâ ǀgoreǀîǃkhaide ge hîkākāhe tama hâ i tsîn ge khoena noxopa ǁnāpa gere ǁguiba. 44 Tsî Josafati ge Israeli gao-aob ǀkha ǂkhîba ge dī.
45 Josafati ge dī xūn, ǁîb di ǁkhoaǂgaoxa dīgu tsî torogu hîab ge ǃkhamgu tsîn hoan ge ǃNaeǃkhaidi ǂKhanis Judab Gao-aogu dis ǃnâ a xoamâisa. 46 ǁÎb ge ǁîb îb Asab ǂgaeǂguis ǁaeba xu ge ǃgau hâ i ǀai-aogu hoaga ǃhūba xu ge ǃhaeǂui.
47 Edomǃhūb ge gao-ao-e ge ūhâ tama hâ i tsîb ge ǃnaka ǂnôa gao-aoba ǃhūba gere ǂgaeǂgui.
48 Josafati ge ǃhuniǀurib ǃaroma Ofiri ǁga nî ī doe-omde ge kuru, xawe di ge Esiongebers ǃnâ di ge ǂkhôahe xui-ao ǃnariǂoa tama ge i. 49 Ob ge Axab ôab Ahasiaba Josafati ǃoa “A gu ti khoega sagu ǀkha ǀguipa doe-omdi ǀkha ǃnariǂoa re” ti ge mî, xaweb ge Josafata ǂgao tama ge i.
50 Josafati ge ǁō tsî ǁîb aboxagu di ǀhobas ǃnâ Davidi ǃĀs ǃnâ ge ǁkhōhe tsîb ge ǁîb ôab Joramma ǁîb soas ǃnâ ge gao-ao kai.
Israeli gao-aob Ahasiab
51 Disihûǀaǁî kurib Judab gao-aob Josafati ǂgaeǂguis dib ǃnâb ge Axab ôab Ahasiaba ge Israeli gao-ao kai tsîb ge ǀgam kurikha Israela ge gaoǂam. 52 ǁÎb ge ǁîb îb Axab tsî ǁîb îs Isabels tsîra tsî gao-aob Jerobeammi Israelǁîna ge ǁore kaib ǁkhāb khami ǃKhūb mûǁae ǂhanu tamana ge dī. 53 ǁÎb ge Baala ǃoaba tsî ǀgoreǀî tsî ǁîb îb ǁkhāb khami ǃKhūb Israeli di Eloba ge ǁaiǁai.
