New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 22:29-32

29Sothe kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478and Jehoshaphatוְיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טv.iho.sha.FatH3092kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063wentוַיַּ֧עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927up against Ramoth-gileadH7433.

30The kingמֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559to Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092, “I will disguiseהִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙hit.cha.PesH2664myself and goוָבֹ֣אva.Vo'H935into the battleבַמִּלְחָמָ֔הva.mil.cha.MahH4421,but you putלְבַ֣שׁle.VashH3847on your robesבְּגָדֶ֑יךָbe.ga.Dei.khaH899.”So the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478disguisedוַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙vai.yit.cha.PesH2664himself and wentוַיָּב֖וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935into the battleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

31Nowthe kingוּמֶ֣לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428of Aramאֲרָ֡ם'a.RamH758had commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680the thirty-twoשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙she.lo.Shim u.she.Na.yimH7970 H8147captainsשָׂרֵי֩sa.ReiH8269of his chariotsהָרֶ֨כֶבha.Re.khevH7393,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Do not fightתִּלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּti.La.cha.MuH3898with smallקָטֹ֖ןka.TonH6996or greatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419,but with the kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478aloneלְבַדּֽוֹ׃le.va.DoH905.”

32So when the captainsשָׂרֵ֨יsa.ReiH8269of the chariotsהָרֶ֜כֶבha.Re.khevH7393sawכִּרְאוֹת֩kir.'OtH7200Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092,they saidאָֽמְרוּ֙'a.me.RuH559, “Surelyאַ֣ךְ'akhH389it is the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElH3478,”and they turnedH5493asideוַיָּסֻ֥רוּvai.ya.Su.ruH5493to fightלְהִלָּחֵ֑םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstעָלָ֖יו'a.LavH5921him, and Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃ye.ho.sha.FatH3092criedוַיִּזְעַ֖קvai.yiz.'AkH2199out.

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