1 Kings 22:29

Easy-to-Read Version

King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to fight the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king of Israel and Judah’s King Jehoshaphat went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Hebrew Names Version
So the king of Yisra'el and Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah went up to Ramot-Gil`ad.

King James Version
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

English Standard Version
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

New Century Version
So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead.

New English Translation
The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.

Amplified Bible
So [Ahab] the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

New American Standard Bible
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead.

Contemporary English Version
Ahab and Jehoshaphat led their armies to Ramoth in Gilead.

Complete Jewish Bible
So the king of Isra'el and Y'hoshafat the king of Y'hudah went up to Ramot-Gil‘ad.

Darby Translation
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead.

George Lamsa Translation
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramath-gilead.

Good News Translation
Then King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to attack the city of Ramoth in Gilead.

Lexham English Bible
Then the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead.

Literal Translation
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat ye kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead.

American Standard Version
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Bible in Basic English
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the king of Israel, and Iehosaphat the king of Iuda, went vp to Ramoth [in] Gilead.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

King James Version (1611)
So the King of Israel, and Iehoshaphat the king of Iudah, went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad.

English Revised Version
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth–gilead.

Berean Standard Bible
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng of Israel stiede, and Josaphat, kyng of Juda, in to Ramoth of Galaad.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, to Ramoth-Gilead.

Update Bible Version
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

World English Bible
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

New King James Version
2 Chronicles 18:28-34">[xr] So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

New Living Translation
So King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah led their armies against Ramoth-gilead.

New Life Bible
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

New Revised Standard
So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the king of Israel went up, with Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-gilead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the king of Israel, and Josaphat, king of Juda, went up to Ramoth-Galaad.

Revised Standard Version
So the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

THE MESSAGE
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Wear my kingly robe; I'm going into battle disguised." So the king of Israel entered the battle in disguise.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead.

Contextual Overview

²⁹ King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to fight the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead. ³⁰ Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Disguise yourself when you go into battle, but wear your own clothes. And I will disguise myself." The king of Israel went into battle dressed like an ordinary soldier. ³¹ The king of Aram had 32 chariot commanders. He gave them this command, "Don't go after anyone except the king of Israel, no matter how important they are." ³² When the commanders saw King Jehoshaphat, they thought he was the king of Israel, and so they went to kill him. Jehoshaphat started shouting. ³³ When the commanders saw that he was not King Ahab, they stopped chasing him. ³⁴ Then a soldier in the distance pulled back as far as he could on his bow and shot an arrow into the air. The arrow happened to hit the king of Israel in a small hole where his armor was fastened together. King Ahab said to his chariot driver, "I've been hit! Turn the chariot around and take me off the battlefield!" ³⁵ The armies continued to fight while King Ahab was propped up in his chariot. He was leaning against the sides of the chariot, looking out toward the Arameans. His blood ran down onto the floor of the chariot. Later in the evening, he died. ³⁶ At sunset all the Israelites cheered when they were told to go home. So they all went back to their hometowns. ³⁷ And that is how King Ahab died. Some men carried his body to Samaria and buried him there. ³⁸ They took his chariot to the large pool in Samaria to clean it. The dogs licked up Ahab's blood while the prostitutes washed the chariot. This happened just as the Lord said it would.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 22:2-9, 2 Chronicles 18:28

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramothgilead. Which, according to Bunting r, was twenty four miles from Samaria. That Ahab went is no wonder, it was his own motion first, his inclination led to it, his prophets encouraged him, and, in bravado to the prophet of the Lord, was determined upon it; but it may seem much more strange that Jehoshaphat should, after such an account as Micaiah had given, and who, doubtless, could observe a great difference between him and the prophets of Ahab; and yet there is much to be said which might incline him to go, as that there were four hundred prophets all agreed, and who made use of the name of the Lord, and pretended to be true prophets; and though he might suspect them, he could not confute them; and Micaiah, he prophesied evil of Ahab only, and therefore Jehoshaphat might think himself safe in going; and besides, he had given his word to Ahab, and he did not choose to go from it; to which may be added, that Ahab's cause was just, to recover a part of his own dominions.

r Travels, &c. p. 178.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It might have been expected that Jehoshaphat would have withdrawn from the expedition when he heard Micaiah denounce it. He had, however, rashly committed himself to take part in the war by a solemn promise, before he bethought himself of inquiring what was the will of God in the matter. Now he was ashamed to draw back, especially as Ahab, whom the prophecy chiefly threatened, was resolved to brave it. He may also have had a personal affection for Ahab, and so have been loth to desert him in his need. Compare 2 Chronicles 19:2.