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Chapter: 021

V 001 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
V 002 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
V 003 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
V 004 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
V 005 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
V 006 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
V 007 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
V 008 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
V 009 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
V 010 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
V 011 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
V 012 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
V 013 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
V 014 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
V 015 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
V 016 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
V 017 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
V 018 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
V 019 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
V 020 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
V 021 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
V 022 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
V 023 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
V 024 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
V 025 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
V 026 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
V 027 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
V 028 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
V 029 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
 

فصل 21

طمع أخآب في كَرْمِ نابوت اليزرعيلي

1- وَحَدَثَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِنَابُوتَ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيِّ كَرْمٌ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ، مُجَاوِرٌ لِقَصْرِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ السَّامِرَةِ،
2- فَقَالَ أَخْآبُ لِنَابُوتَ: «قَايِضْنِي كَرْمَكَ لأَجْعَلَهُ حَدِيقَةَ خُضْرَوَاتٍ، لأَنَّهُ مُجَاوِرٌ لِقَصْرِي، فَأُعْطِيَكَ بَدَلاً مِنْهُ كَرْماً أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ، أَوْ إِذَا رَاقَ لَكَ أَدْفَعُ ثَمَنَهُ فِضَّةً».
3- فَأَجَابَ نَابُوتُ: «مَعاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أُفَرِّطَ فِي مِيرَاثِ آبَائِي».
4- فَدَخَلَ أَخْآبُ قَصْرَهُ مُكْتَئِباً مَهْمُوماً مُتَأَثِّراً مِنْ قَوْلِ نَابُوتَ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيِّ: «لاَ أُفَرِّطُ فِي مِيرَاثِ آبَائِي». وَاسْتَلْقَى فَوْقَ سَرِيرِهِ مُشِيحاً بِوَجْهِهِ نَحْوَ الْحَائِطِ عَازِفاً عَنِ الطَّعَامِ.

 

إيزابل تتآمر للاستيلاء على الكرم

5- فَأَقْبَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ زَوْجَتُهُ إِيزَابَلُ قَائِلَةً: «مَالِي أَرَاكَ مُنْقَبِضاً عَازِفاً عَنِ الطَّعَامِ؟»
6- فَأَجَابَهَا: «لأَنِّي قُلْتُ لِنَابُوتَ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيِّ: بِعْنِي كَرْمَكَ، وَإِذَا شِئْتَ قَايَضْتُكَ بِكَرْمٍ آخَرَ، فَأَجَابَ: لاَ أُعْطيِكَ كَرْمِي»
7- فَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِيزَابَلُ: «أَهَكَذَا تَحْكُمُ كَمَلِكٍ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ قُمْ وَتَنَاوَلْ طَعَاماً وَطِبْ نَفْساً، فَأَنَا أَحْصُلُ لَكَ عَلَى كَرْمِ نَابُوتَ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيِّ».
8- ثُمَّ حَرَّرَتْ رَسَائِلَ بِاسْمِ أَخْآبَ، وَخَتَمَتْهَا بِخَاتَمِهِ وَبَعَثَتْ بِهَا إِلَى شُيُوخِ وَوُجَهَاءِ يَزْرَعِيلَ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ نَابُوتُ.
9- وَقَالَتْ فِيهَا: «ادْعُوا الشَّعْبَ لِلصَّوْمِ، وَأَجْلِسُوا نَابُوتَ فِي مَكَانِ الصَّدَارَةِ،
10- وَأَقِيمُوا شَاهِدَيْ زُورٍ لِيَشْهَدَا أَنَّ نَابُوتَ جَدَّفَ عَلَى اللهِ وَعَلَى الْمَلِكِ، ثُمَّ أَخْرِجُوهُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَارْجُمُوهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ».
11- فَنَفَّذَ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَتِهِ وَوُجَهَاؤُهَا أَوَامِرَ إِيزَابَلَ كَمَا هِيَ وَارِدَةٌ فِي الرَّسَائِلِ الَّتِي بَعَثَتْ بِهَا إِلَيْهِمْ.
12- فَتَدَاعَوْا لِلصَّوْمِ، وَأَجْلَسُوا نَابُوتَ فِي مَكَانِ الصَّدَارَةِ.

 

رجم نابوت والاستيلاء على كرمه

13- ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ شَاهِدَا زُورٍ وَجَلَسَا تُجَاهَهُ، وَشَهِدَا عَلَى نَابُوتَ أَمَامَ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلَيْنِ: «قَدْ جَدَّفَ نَابُوتُ عَلَى اللهِ وَعَلَى الْمَلِكِ». فَجَرُّوهُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَرَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى مَاتَ.
14- وَأَبْلَغُوا إِيزَابَلَ أَنَّ نَابُوتَ قَدْ رُجِمَ فَمَاتَ.
15- فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ إِيزَابَلُ بِمَوْتِ نَابُوتَ قَالَتْ لأَخْآبَ: «قُمْ وَرِثْ كَرْمَ نَابُوتَ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيِّ، الَّذِي أَبَى أَنْ يَبِيعَكَ إِيَّاهُ بِفِضَّةٍ، لأَنَّ نَابُوتَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَ فِي عِدَادِ الأَمْوَاتِ».
16- عِنْدَئِذٍ قَامَ أَخْآبُ وَنَزَلَ لِيَتَفَقَّدَ كَرْمَ نَابُوتَ وَيَسْتَوْلِيَ عَلَيْهِ.

 

إيليا يتنبأ بهلاك أخآب وإيزابل

17- وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَالَ لإِيلِيَّا التَّشْبِيِّ:
18- «قُمِ امْضِ لِلِقَاءِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، فَهَا هُوَ قَدْ نَزَلَ إِلَى كَرْمِ نَابُوتَ لِيَسْتَوْلِيَ عَلَيْهِ،
19- وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَلْ قَتَلْتَ وَامْتَلَكْتَ أَيْضاً؟ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي لَعِقَتْ فِيهِ الْكِلاَبُ دَمَ نَابُوتَ تَلْعَقُ الْكِلاَبُ دَمَكَ أَيْضاً».
20- وَمَا إِنْ رَأَى أَخْآبُ إِيلِيَّا حَتَّى قَالَ: «هَلْ وَجَدْتَنِي يَاعَدُوِّي؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «قَدْ وَجَدْتُكَ لأَنَّكَ بِعْتَ نَفْسَكَ لاِرْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.
21- لِهَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكَ شَرّاً وَأُبِيِدُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ وَأُفْنِي كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ لَكَ، حُرّاً كَانَ أَمْ عَبْداً.
22- وَأَجْعَلُ مَصِيرَ بَيْتِكَ كَمَصِيرِ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ، وَكَمَصِيرِ بَيْتِ بَعْشَا بْنِ أَخِيَّا، لِفَرْطِ مَا أَثَرْتَهُ مِنْ غَيْظِي، وَلأَ نَّكَ اسْتَغْوَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاِرْتِكَابِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ».
23- وَأَصْدَرَ الرَّبُّ قَضَاءَهُ عَلَى إِيزَابَلَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ الْكِلاَبَ سَتَلْتَهِمُ جُثَّتَهَا عِنْدَ مِتْرَسَةِ يَزْرَعِيلَ.
24- وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ أُسْرَتِكَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تَأْكُلُهُ الْكِلاَبُ وَمَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَقْلِ تَنْهَشُهُ الطُّيُورُ».
25- وَلَمْ يَكُنْ نَظِيرَ أَخْآبَ الَّذِي أَغْوَتْهُ زَوْجَتُهُ إِيزَابَلُ، فَبَاعَ نَفْسَهُ ِلارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.
26- فَقَدْ غَرِقَ فِي حَمْأَةِ الرَّجَاسَةِ بِعِبَادَتِهِ الأَصْنَامَ، مِثْلَمَا فَعَلَ الأَمُورِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

 

توبة أخآب

27- وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ أَخْآبُ هَذَا الْقَضَاءَ، مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَارْتَدَى مِسْحاً، وَصَامَ وَاضْطَجَعَ بِثِيَابِ الْمِسْحِ وَمَشَى ذَلِيلاً.
28- فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِيلِيَّا: «هَلْ رَأَيْتَ كَيْفَ ذَلَّ أَخْآبُ أَمَامِي؟ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَنْ أَجْلِبَ الشَّرَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، بَلْ أُنْزِلَ الْعِقَابَ بِبَيْتِهِ فِي أَيَّامِ ابْنِهِ».

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Chapter: 022

V 001 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
V 002 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
V 003 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
V 004 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
V 005 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
V 006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
V 007 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
V 008 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
V 009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
V 010 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
V 011 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
V 012 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
V 013 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
V 014 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
V 015 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
V 016 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
V 017 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
V 018 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
V 019 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
V 020 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
V 021 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
V 022 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
V 023 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
V 024 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
V 025 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
V 026 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
V 027 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
V 028 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
V 029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
V 030 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
V 031 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
V 032 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
V 033 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
V 034 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
V 035 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
V 036 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
V 037 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
V 038 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
V 039 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
V 040 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
V 041 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
V 042 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
V 043 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
V 044 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
V 045 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
V 046 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
V 047 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
V 048 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
V 049 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
V 050 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
V 051 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
V 052 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 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 made Israel to sin:
V 053 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
 

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إتفاقية عسكرية بين أخاب ويهوشافاط

1- وَانْقَضَتْ ثَلاَثُ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَنْشَبَ حَرْبٌ بَيْنَ أَرَامَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.
2- وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ قَدِمَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لِزِيَارَةِ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،
3- فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «أَتَدْرُونَ أَنَّ رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ هِيَ لَنَا، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ نَفْعَلْ شَيْئاً لاِسْتِرْجَاعِهَا مِنْ أَرَامَ؟»
4- وَسَأَلَ أَخْآبُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ: «هَلْ تَشْتَرِكُ مَعِي فِي الْحَرْبِ لاِسْتِرْجَاعِ رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «مَثَلِي مَثَلُكَ: شَعْبِي كَشَعْبِكَ وَخَيْلِي كَخَيْلِكَ».

 

الأنبياء الكذبة

5- ثُمَّ قَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «اطْلُبِ الْيَوْمَ مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ».
6- فَجَمَعَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ الأَصْنَامِ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «هَلْ أَذْهَبُ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ أَمْ أَمْتَنِعُ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُ: «اذْهَبْ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَنْصُرُكَ وَيُسَلِّمُهَا لَكَ».
7- فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «أَلاَ يُوْجَدُ هُنَا بَعْدُ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ الرَّبِّ فَنَسْأَلَهُ الْمَشُورَةَ؟»
8- فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «يُوْجَدُ بَعْدُ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ، يُمْكِنُنَا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ أَنْ نَطْلُبَ مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ، وَلَكِنِّي أَمْقُتُهُ لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَتَنَبَّأُ عَلَيَّ بِغَيْرِ الشَّرِّ. إِنَّهُ مِيخَا بْنُ يَمْلَةَ». فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «لاَ تَقُلْ هَذَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ».
9- فَأَمَرَ أَخْآبُ أَحَدَ رِجَالِهِ بِاسْتِدْعَاءِ مِيخَا بنِ يَمْلَةَ.
10- وَكَانَ كُلٌّ مِنْ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا يَجْلِسُ عَلَى عَرْشٍ فِي سَاحَةٍ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ السَّامِرَةِ، وَقَدِ ارْتَدَيَا حُلَلَهُمَا الْمَلَكِيَّةَ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ جَمِيعُهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ أَمَامَهُمَا.
11- وَصَنَعَ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ كَنْعَنَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ قَرْنَيْ حَدِيدٍ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: بِهَذِهِ تَنْطَحُ الأَرَامِيِّينَ حَتَّى يَهْلِكُوا».
12- وَتَنَبَّأَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ قَائِلِينَ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ فَتَظْفَرَ بِهَا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ».

 

نبوءة ميخا الصادقة

13- وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي انْطَلَقَ لاِسْتِدْعَاءِ مِيخَا: «لَقَدْ تَنَبَّأَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِفَمٍ وَاحِدٍ مُبَشِّرِينَ الْمَلِكَ بِالْخَيْرِ، فَلْيَكُنْ كَلاَمُكَ مُوَافِقاً لِكَلاَمِهِمْ يَحْمِلُ بَشَائِرَ الْخَيْرِ».
14- فَأَجَابَ مِيخَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّنِي لَنْ أَنْطِقَ إِلاَّ بِمَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ».
15- وَلَمَّا حَضَرَ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ سَأَلَهُ: «يَامِيخَا، هَلْ نَذْهَبُ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى رَاُموتَ جِلْعَادَ، أَمْ نَمْتَنِعُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ (بِتَهَكُّمٍ): «اذْهَبْ فَتَظْفَرَ بِهَا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ».
16- فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «كَمْ مَرَّةٍ اسْتَحْلَفْتُكَ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ أَلاَّ تُخْبِرَنِي إِلاَّ الْحَقَّ».
17- عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ مِيخَا: «رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُبَدَّدِينَ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ كَخِرَافٍ بِلاَ رَاعٍ. فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: لَيْسَ لِهَؤُلاَءِ قَائِدٌ، فَلْيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ بِسَلاَمٍ».
18- فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَتَنَبَّأُ عَلَيَّ بِغَيْرِ الشَّرِّ؟»
19- فَأَجَابَ مِيخَا: «إِذاً فَاسْمَعْ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ: قَدْ شَاهَدْتُ الرَّبَّ جَالِساً عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ وَكُلُّ أَجْنَادِ السَّمَاءِ مَاثِلَةٌ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ.
20- فَسَأَلَ الرَّبُّ: مَنْ يُغْرِي أَخْآبَ لِيَخْرُجَ لِلْحَرْبِ وَيَمُوتَ فِي رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ؟ فَأَجَابَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ.
21- ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ رُوحُ الضَّلالِ وَقَالَ: أَنَا أُغْوِيهِ. فَسَأَلَهُ الرَّبُّ: بِمَاذَا؟
22- فَأَجَابَ: أَخْرُجُ، وَأُصْبِحُ رُوحَ ضَلاَلٍ فِي أَفْوَاهِ جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ. فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّكَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِغْوَائِهِ وَتُفْلِحُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَامْضِ وَنَفِّذْ هَذَا الأَمْرَ.
23- وَهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ جَعَلَ الآنَ رُوحَ ضَلاَلٍ فِي أَفْوَاهِ جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ هَؤُلاَءِ، وَقَدْ قَضَى عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّرِّ».

 

مقاومة صدقيا بن كنعنة لميخا

24- فَاقْتَرَبَ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ كَنْعَنَةَ مِنْ مِيخَا وَضَرَبَهُ عَلَى الْفَكِّ قَائِلاً: «مِنْ أَيْنَ عَبَرَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ مِنِّي لِيُكَلِّمَكَ؟»
25- فَأَجَابَهُ مِيخَا: «سَتَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي تَلْجَأُ فِيهِ لِلاخْتِبَاءِ مِنْ مُخْدَعٍ إِلَى مُخْدَعٍ».
26- حِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَى مِيخَا وَسَلِّمُوهُ إِلَى آمُونَ رَئِيسِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَإِلَى يُوآشَ ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ،
27- وَقُولُوا لَهُمَا: إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِإِيْدَاعِ هَذَا فِي السِّجْنِ، وَأَطْعِمُوهُ خُبْزَ الضِّيقِ وَمَاءَ الضِّيقِ حَتَّى أَرْجِعُ مِنَ الْحَرْبِ بِسَلاَمٍ».
28- فَأَجَابَهُ مِيخَا: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ بِسَلاَمٍ لاَ يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ عَلَى لِسَانِي، فَاشْهَدُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا الشَّعْبُ جَمِيعاً».

 

هزيمة أخآب وموته

29- وَتوَجَّهَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ.
30- فَقَالَ أَخْآبُ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «إِنَّنِي سَأَخُوضُ الْحَرْبَ مُتَنَكِّراً، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَارْتَدِ ثِيَابَكَ الْمَلَكِيَّةَ». وَهَكَذَا تَنَكَّرَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَخَاضَ الْحَرْبَ.
31- وَقَالَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ لِقَادَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ الاثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ: «لاَ تُحَارِبُوا صَغِيراً وَلاَ كَبِيراً إِلاَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَحْدَهُ».
32- فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ قَادَةُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَحَاصَرُوهُ لِيُقَاتِلُوهُ، فَأَطْلَقَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ صَرْخَةً،
33- أَدْرَكُوا مِنْهَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَارْتَدُّوا عَنْهُ.
34- وَلَكِنْ حَدَثَ أَنَّ جُنْدِيّاً أَطْلَقَ سَهْمَهُ مِنْ قَوْسِهِ غَيْرَ مُتَعَمِّدٍ، فَأَصَابَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْنَ أَوْصَالِ دِرْعِهِ، فَقَالَ أَخْآبُ لِقَائِدِ مَرْكَبَتِهِ: «اسْتَدِرْ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ أَرْضِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ فَقَدْ جُرِحْتُ»
35- وَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَأَوْقَفَ الْمَلِكُ مَرْكَبَتَهُ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ، فَجَرَى دَمُ الْجُرْحِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْمَرْكَبَةِ.
36- وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ تَجَاوَبَتْ صَرْخَةٌ بَيْنَ قُوَّاتِ الْجَيْشِ: «لِيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ وَإِلَى أَرْضِهِ».
37- وَهَكَذَا مَاتَ الْمَلِكُ فَنَقَلُوهُ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ حَيْثُ دُفِنَ فِيهَا.
38- وَعِنْدَمَا غُسِلَتْ مَرْكَبَتُهُ وَأَسْلِحَتُهُ فِي بِرْكَةِ السَّامِرَةِ، جَاءَتِ الْكِلاَبُ وَلَحَسَتْ دَمَهُ. فَتَحَقَّقَ بِذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ.
39- أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَخْآبَ وَإِنْجَازَاتُهُ وَبَيْتُ الْعَاجِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ، وَكُلُّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي عَمَّرَهَا، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟
40- وَدُفِنَ أَخْآبُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَخَزْيَا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

 

يهوشافاط ملك يهوذا

41- وَمَلَكَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ آسَا عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
42- وَكَانَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاَثِينَ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ خَمْساً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي
43- وَاقْتَفَى خُطَى أَبِيهِ آسَا، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا صَانِعاً مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ. إِلاَّ أَنَّ مَذَابِحَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ تُهْدَمْ، بَلْ كَانَ الشَّعْبُ لاَ يَزَالُ يَذْبَحُ وَيُوقِدُ عَلَيْهَا.
44- وَوَقَّعَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مُعَاهَدَةَ صُلْحٍ مَعَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
45- أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ وَمَا أَبْدَاهُ مِنْ بَأْسٍ، وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟
46- كَمَا أَبَادَ مِنَ الْبِلاَدِ الَّذِينَ يُمَارِسُونَ الشُّذُوذَ الْجِنْسِيَّ فِي عِبَادَتِهِمِ الْوَثَنِيَّةِ مِمَّنْ بَقُوا مِنْ أَيَّامِ أَبِيهِ آسَا.
47- وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي زَمَانِهِ مَلِكٌ عَلَى أَدُومَ، بَلْ تَوَلَّى الْحُكْمَ وَكِيلٌ لِلْمَلِكِ.
48- وَبَنَى يَهُوشَافَاطُ أُسْطُولاً تِجَارِيّاً لِكَيْ يَبْحُرَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ وَيَعُودَ مُحَمَّلاً بِالذَّهَبِ، وَلَكِنَّ السُّفُنَ لَمْ تَبْحُرْ لأَنَّهَا تَحَطَّمَتْ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ.
49- حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ أَخْآبَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «لِيَبْحُرْ رِجَالِي مَعَ رِجَالِكَ فِي السُّفُنِ». فَأَبَى يَهُوشَافَاطُ.
50- وَمَاتَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ أَسْلاَفِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُورَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.