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The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Yes, there is still one man through whom we can consult Adonai , Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah; but I hate him, because he doesn't prophesy good things for me, but bad!" Y'hoshafat replied, "The king shouldn't say such a thing."

But Mikhay'hu answered, "As Adonai lives, whatever Adonai says to me is what I will say."

The king said to him, "How many times do I have to warn you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Adonai ?"

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Didn't I tell you that he wouldn't prophesy good things about me, but bad?"

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you, put on your robes." So the king of Isra'el disguised himself and went into battle.

So when the chariot commanders saw Y'hoshafat they said, "This must be the king of Isra'el," and turned to attack him. But Y'hoshafat gave a yell,

But the fighting grew fiercer that day; and they propped the king upright in his chariot facing Aram until he died, in the evening, with the blood streaming from his wound onto the floor of the chariot.

There had previously been no king in Edom, but now a deputy was made king.

Y'hoshafat built some large "Tarshish" ships to go to Ofir for gold, but they didn't make the voyage, because they were wrecked at ‘Etzyon-Gever.

Achazyah the son of Ach'av suggested to Y'hoshafat that his men should go to sea with Y'hoshafat's men, but Y'hoshafat would not agree.

But an angel of Adonai said to Eliyahu from Tishbe, "Get up, and intercept the messengers of the king of Shomron, and ask them, ‘Is it because there's no God in Isra'el that you're on your way to consult Ba‘al-Z'vuv the god of ‘Ekron?

I know that fire came down from heaven and burned up the two other commanders with their fifty men; but now, have some regard for my life."

when Eliyahu said to Elisha, "Please wait here, because Adonai has sent me all the way to Beit-El." But Elisha said, "As Adonai lives, and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Beit-El.

He replied, "You have requested a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will get what you asked for; but if not, you won't."

he took the cloak that had fallen off Eliyahu, struck the water and said, "Where is Adonai , the God of Eliyahu?" But when he actually did strike the water, it divided itself to the left and to the right; then Elisha crossed over.

But they kept pressing him until finally, embarrassed, he said to send them. So they sent fifty men. For three days they searched, but they didn't find him.

The men of the city said to Elisha, "My lord can see that this is a pleasant city to live in; but the water is bad, so that the ground is causing miscarriages."

He did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective; but he was not as bad as his father and mother, because he got rid of Ba‘al's standing-stone which his father had made.

But after Ach'av died, the king of Mo'av rebelled against the king of Isra'el.

But Y'hoshafat said, "Isn't there a prophet of Adonai here through whom we can consult Adonai ?" One of the servants of the king of Isra'el answered, "Elisha the son of Shafat is here, the one who used to pour water on Eliyahu's hands."