Some yearslaterhe wentdownto [visit] Ahabat Samaria.And Ahabslaughteredmanysheepand oxenfor him and the peoplewhowere with him, and inducedhim to goup againstRamoth-gilead.
Adonijahsacrificedsheepand oxenand fatlingsby the stoneof Zoheleth,whichis besideEn-rogel;and he invitedallhis brothers,the king'ssons,and allthe menof Judah,the king'sservants.
It happenedaftera whilethat the brookdriedup, becausethere was norainin the land.
Ben-geber,in Ramoth-gilead(the townsof Jair,the sonof Manasseh,whichare in Gileadwere his: the regionof Argob,whichis in Bashan,sixtygreatcitieswith wallsand bronzebars[were] his);
Now Elishathe prophetcalledoneof the sonsof the prophetsand saidto him, "Girdup your loins,and takethisflaskof oilin your handand goto Ramoth-gilead.
Ahabkingof Israelsaidto Jehoshaphatkingof Judah,"Will you gowith me [against] Ramoth-gilead?"And he saidto him, "I am as you are, and my peopleas your people,and [we will be] with you in the battle."
Jehuthe sonof Hananithe seerwentout to meethim and saidto KingJehoshaphat,"Should you helpthe wickedand lovethose who hatethe LORDand so[bring] wrathon yourself from the LORD?
But during allthis[time] I was not in Jerusalem,for in the thirty-secondyearof Artaxerxeskingof BabylonI had goneto the king.Aftersome time,however, I askedleave from the king,
Bezerin the wildernesson the plateaufor the Reubenites,and Ramothin Gileadfor the Gadites,and Golanin Bashanfor the Manassites.
Beyondthe Jordaneastof Jericho,they designatedBezerin the wildernesson the plainfrom the tribeof Reuben,and Ramothin Gileadfrom the tribeof Gad,and Golanin Bashanfrom the tribeof Manasseh.
