8 At that the king of Israel said to Je·hoshʹa·phat: “There is still one man through whom to inquire of Jehovah;+ but I myself certainly hate him,+ for he does not prophesy good things concerning me but bad+—Mi·caiʹah* the son of Imʹlah.” However, Je·hoshʹa·phat said: “Do not let the king say a thing like that.”+

6 When the word reached the king of Ninʹe·veh,+ then he rose up from his throne and put off his official garment from himself and covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the ashes.+