Battle of Ramoth-Gilead

1 Kings 22 tells that after three years of peace with Aram, Ahab of Israel asked Jehoshaphat of Judah to join him in retaking Ramoth-Gilead, a fortified city east of the Jordan still held by the Arameans. Four hundred court prophets promised victory; only Micaiah son of Imlah foresaw Israel scattered "like sheep without a shepherd," and he was jailed. Ahab went into battle disguised while Jehoshaphat wore his royal robes. The Aramean chariots, ordered to fight only the king of Israel, chased Jehoshaphat until they saw he was not Ahab. Then an archer drew his bow "at random" and struck Ahab between the joints of his armour. Propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans, he bled to death by evening and the army scattered; at the pool of Samaria, where his chariot was washed, dogs licked his blood.

The battle ended the reign of the strongest king of northern Israel, who according to Shalmaneser III's Kurkh Monolith had sent 2,000 chariots and 10,000 soldiers to Qarqar. Ramoth-Gilead stayed contested: there Jehoram of Israel was wounded and Jehu was anointed king (2 Kings 8–9).