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32 So when the chariot commanders observed Jehoshaphat, they said by mistake,[a] “It’s the king of Israel!” and they turned aside to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 When the chariot commanders saw that their target[b] was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

34 Meanwhile, somebody drew his bow aimlessly and struck the king of Israel between the scales where his armor breastplates joined, so he instructed his chariot driver, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, because I’ve been severely wounded.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:32 The Heb. lacks by mistake
  2. 1 Kings 22:33 Lit. that he