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1 Kings 22:32-41 Modern English Version (MEV)

32. So when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel.” And they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.

33. When the commanders of the chariots realized that it was not the king of Israel, they turned away from pursuing him.

34. A certain man drew a bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor, and because of this, he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”

35. The battle intensified that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot against the Arameans and died that evening, and the blood ran out of the wound into the floor of the chariot.

36. A proclamation went throughout the army as the sun was setting, saying, “Every man is to return to his city, and every man is to return to his own country.”

37. So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried him there.

38. The chariot was washed in the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up the king’s blood, and they washed his armor according to the word which the Lord spoke.

39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house that he built 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 place.

41. Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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