1 Kings 22
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Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
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Then it came to pass, in the third year, that a Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.
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And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that b Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
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So he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, c "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
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Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, d "Please inquire for the word of the LORD today."
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Then the king of Israel e gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?" So they said, "Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."
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And f Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?"
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So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say such things!"
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Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!"
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The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
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Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made g horns of iron for himself; and he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'With these you shall h gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.' "
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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king's hand."
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Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Please, let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak encouragement."
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And Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, i whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak."
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Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain?" And he answered him, "Go and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king!"
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So the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"
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Then he said, "I saw all Israel j scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.' "
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
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Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: k I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, l and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left.
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"And the LORD said, 'Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?' So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.
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"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will persuade him.'
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"The LORD said to him, 'In what way?' So he said, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the LORD said, m 'You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.'
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n "Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you."
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Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and o struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, p "Which way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak to you?"
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And Micaiah said, "Indeed, you shall see on that day when you go into an q inner chamber to hide!"
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So the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son;
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"and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this fellow in r prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace." ' "
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But Micaiah said, "If you ever return in peace, s the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Take heed, all you people!"
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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel t disguised himself and went into battle.
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Now the u king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two v captains of his chariots, saying, "Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel."
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So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "Surely it is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat w cried out.
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And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
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Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded."
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The battle increased that day; and the king was propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out from the wound onto the floor of the chariot.
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Then, as the sun was going down, a shout went throughout the army, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his own country!"
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So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
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Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed, according x to the word of the LORD which He had spoken.
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, y the ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then z Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
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a Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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And b he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD. Nevertheless c the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
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Also d Jehoshaphat made e peace with the king of Israel.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written f in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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g And the rest of the perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.
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h There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.
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i Jehoshaphat j made merchant ships to go to k Ophir for gold; l but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at m Ezion Geber.
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Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not.
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And n Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
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o Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and p 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 had made Israel sin;
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for q he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, r according to all that his father had done.
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1 Kings 15:24
So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria; and Ahab killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.
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Deuteronomy 4:43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Joshua 21:38
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land.
1 Kings 4:13
BenGeber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan - sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars.
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2 Kings 3:7
Then he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
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2 Kings 3:11
But Jehoshaphat said, " Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
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1 Kings 18:19
"Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
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2 Kings 3:11
But Jehoshaphat said, " Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
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Zechariah 1:18 - 21
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns.
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Deuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like a firstborn bull, And his horns like the horns of the wild ox; Together with them He shall push the peoples To the ends of the earth; They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I have come to you! Now, have I any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I must speak.
Numbers 24:13
If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD, to do good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I must speak'?
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Numbers 27:17
"who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
1 Kings 22:34 - 36
Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded.
2 Chronicles 18:16
Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.'
Matthew 9:36
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
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Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Ezekiel 1:26 - 28
And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
Daniel 7:9
I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire.
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Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came t...
Job 2:1
Again there was a day when the sons of God came...
Psalms 103:20
Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in st...
Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued And came forth from befor...
Zechariah 1:10
And the man who stood among the myrtle trees an...
Matthew 18:10
Take heed that you do not despise one of these ...
Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angel...
Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth...
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Judges 9:23
God sent a spirit of ill will between Abimelech...
1 Samuel 16:14
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, ...
1 Samuel 18:10
And it happened on the next day that the distre...
1 Samuel 19:9
Now the distressing spirit from the LORD came u...
Job 12:16
With Him are strength and prudence. The deceive...
Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet is induced to speak anything...
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this reason God will send them strong d...
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Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
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Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak to you?
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1 Kings 20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And BenHadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.
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2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
2 Chronicles 18:25 - 27
Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son.
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Numbers 16:29
If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are visited by the common fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
Deuteronomy 18:20 - 22
'But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.'
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2 Chronicles 35:22
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.
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1 Kings 20:1
Now BenHadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.
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1 Kings 20:24
So do this thing: Dismiss the kings, each from his position, and put captains in their places.
2 Chronicles 18:30
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, "Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 18:31
So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.
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1 Kings 21:19
"You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: "Have you murdered and also taken possession?" ' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours." '"
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Psalms 45:8
All Your garments are scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia, Out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.
Amos 3:15
I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end," Says the LORD.
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2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, "Go, inquire of BaalZebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.
2 Kings 1:18
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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2 Chronicles 20:31
So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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2 Chronicles 17:3
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals.
2 Chronicles 20:32
And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 14:23
For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.
1 Kings 15:14
But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa's heart was loyal to the LORD all his days.
2 Kings 12:3
But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
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2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Therefore the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
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2 Chronicles 18:1
Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab.
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2 Chronicles 20:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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Genesis 19:5
And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.
Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel.
1 Kings 14:24
And there were also perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
1 Kings 15:12
And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Kings 23:7
Then he tore down the ritual booths of the perverted persons that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the wooden image.
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2 Samuel 8:14
He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched on that roundabout route seven days; and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted against Judah's authority, and made a king over themselves.
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2 Chronicles 20:35 - 37
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.
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1 Kings 10:22
For the king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.
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1 Kings 9:28
And they went to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
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2 Chronicles 20:37
But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
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2 Chronicles 21:1
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 22:40
So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 15:26
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
1 Kings 21:25
But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.
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Judges 2:11
Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals.
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1 Kings 16:30 - 32
Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
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