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2 Chronicles 18:23-34 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

23. Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, approached, and he struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said: "In what way did the Spirit of the Lord depart from me, so that he would speak to you?"

24. And Micaiah said: "You yourself shall see it, in that day, when you will enter a room within a room, so that you may be hidden."

25. Then the king of Israel instructed, saying: "Take Micaiah, and lead him to Amon, the leader of the city, and to Joash, the son of Amalech.

26. And you shall say: 'Thus says the king: Send this man to prison, and give to him a little bread and a little water, until I return in peace.' "

27. And Micaiah said, "If you will have returned in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me." And he said, "May all the people listen."

28. And so, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, ascended against Ramoth Gilead.

29. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: "I will change my clothing, and in this way I will go into battle. But you should be clothed in your own garments." And the king of Israel, having changed his clothing, went to war.

30. Now the king of Syria had instructed the commanders of his horsemen, saying, "You shall not fight against the least or the greatest, but only against the king of Israel."

31. And so, when the leaders of the horsemen had seen Jehoshaphat, they said, "This one is the king of Israel." And while fighting, they surrounded him. But he cried out to the Lord, and he assisted him, and he turned them away from him.

32. For when the commanders of the horsemen had seen that he was not the king of Israel, they left him.

33. Then it happened that one of the people shot an arrow indiscriminately, and it struck the king of Israel between the neck and the shoulder. And so he said to his chariot driver: "Turn your hand, and lead me away from the battle line. For I have been wounded."

34. And the fight ended on that day. But the king of Israel was standing in his chariot facing the Syrians, even until evening. And he died when the sun set.

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