1 Kings 22:1-7 ▼

1 And they sit still three years; there is no war between Aram and Israel.

2 And it comes to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah comes down to the king of Israel,

3 and the king of Israel says to his servants, “Have you not known that Ramoth-Gilead [is] ours? And we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!”

4 And he says to Jehoshaphat, “Do you go with me to battle [against] Ramoth-Gilead?” And Jehoshaphat says to the king of Israel, “As I am, so [are] you; as my people, so your people; as my horses, so your horses.”

5 And Jehoshaphat says to the king of Israel, “Please seek the word of YHWH today”;

6 and the king of Israel gathers the prophets, about four hundred men, and says to them, “Do I go to battle against Ramoth-Gilead, or do I refrain?” And they say, “Go up, and the Lord gives [it] into the hand of the king.”

7 And Jehoshaphat says, “[Is there] not a prophet of YHWH still here that we may seek from him?”