The Battle God said Don’t Fight.1 Kings 22:1-40;2 chronicles 18:1-34 The Battle of Ramoth-gilead.Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.After 3 years of peace in Israel, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, came to visit Ahab. They discussed the captivity of Ramoth-gilead by the Syrians. They made an alliance to go together to capture it. Jehoshaphat said, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.” They asked their prophets if they should go up to battle. 400 who claimed to be prophets of God encouraged them to go to war. This is what they wanted to hear. When the prophet Micaiah heard of the prophecy he was encouraged to agree. He replied that he must speak only as God directed. His first answer, however, did agree with the other prophets. We later learn that he wanted Ahab to go to his death. Ahab suspected this and insisted on the truth. Micaiah prophesied truthfully that Israel would be scattered like sheep. He said God had caused the four hundred prophets to lie to entice Ahab into battle where he would die. Micaiah was put in prison for his prophecy. Ahab went into battle disguised as a commoner. Jehoshaphat rode in the royal chariot. The Syrians were looking for Ahab to kill him and almost killed Jehoshaphat by mistake. When they recognized that he was not Ahab, they let him go. Ahab, however, was wounded by an arrow released at random. He died from the wound and his blood covered the bottom of his chariot. As they were washing it, the dogs licked up his blood as Elijah had prophesied.