1. SYRIA AND Israel continued without war for three years.
2. In the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3. And [Ahab] king of Israel said to his servants, Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we keep silence and do not take it from the king of Syria?
4. And [Ahab] said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to battle? Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
5. But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word of the Lord today.
6. Then [Ahab] king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about 400 men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I hold back? And they said, Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
7. Jehoshaphat said, Is there not another prophet of the Lord here whom we may ask?
8. [Ahab] king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say that.
9. Then [Ahab] king of Israel told an officer, Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah.