which he bound up his head, and
came to the king, and told him that he had been a soldier of his, and
had the custody of one of the prisoners committed to him by an officer,
and that the prisoner being run away, he was in danger of losing his own
life by the means of that officer, who had threatened him, that if the
prisoner escaped he would kill him. And when Ahab had said that he would
justly die, he took off the binding about his head, and was known by
the king to be Micaiah the prophet, who made use of this artifice as a
prelude to his following words; for he said that God would punish
him who had suffered Benhadad, a blasphemer against him, to escape
punishment; and that he would so bring it about, that he should die by
the other's means [41] and his people by the other's army. Upon which
Ahab was very angry at the prophet, and gave commandment that he should
be put in prison, and there kept; but for himself, he was in confusion
at the words of Micaiah, and returned to his own house.

CHAPTER 15. Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab
Made An Expedition Against The Syrians And Was Assisted Therein By
Jehoshaphat, But Was Himself Overcome In Battle And Perished Therein.

1. And these were the circumstances in which Ahab was. But I now return
to Jehoshaphat, the king of Jerusalem, who, when he had augmented his
kingdom, had set garrisons in the cities of the countries belonging to
his subjects, and had put such garrisons no less into those cities which
were taken out of the tribe of Ephraim by his grandfather Abijah, when
Jeroboam reigned over the ten tribes [than he did into the other]. But
then he had God favorable and assisting to him, as being both righteous
and religious, and seeking to do somewhat every day that should be
agreeable and acceptable to God. The kings also that were round about
him honored him with the presents they made him, till the riches that he
had acquired were immensely great, and the glory he had gained was of a
most exalted nature.

2. Now, in the third year of this reign, he called together the rulers
of the country, and the priests, and commanded them to go round the
land, and teach all the people that were under him, city by city, the
laws of Moses, and to keep them, and to be diligent in the worship of
God. With this the whole multitude was so pleased, that they were not so
eagerly set upon or affected with any thing so much as the observation
of the laws.