2 Chronicles 18:1-6 ▼

1 Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and was allied by marriage with Ahab.

2 Some years later he went down to [visit] Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab slaughtered many sheep and oxen for him and the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to [fight against] Ramoth-gilead?” He answered, “I am as you are, and my people as your people [your hopes and concerns are ours]; we will be with you in the battle.”

4 Further, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

5 Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will hand it over to the king.”

6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the LORD still here by whom we may inquire?”