2 Chronicles 18:1-7 ▼

1 Jehoshaphat therefore had wealth and glory in abundance; but he became related to Ahab by marriage.

2 After some years he went down to Ahab at Samaria; Ahab slaughtered numerous sheep and oxen for him and for the people with him, and incited him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

3 Ahab, king of Israel, asked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, “Will you come with me to Ramoth-gilead?” He answered, “You and I are as one, and your people and my people as well. We will be with you in the battle.”

4 Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Seek the word of the LORD at once.”

5 The king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred of them, and asked, “Shall we go to fight against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Attack. God will give it into the power of the king.”

6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no other prophet of the LORD here we might consult?”

7 The king of Israel answered, “There is one other man through whom we may consult the LORD; but I hate him, because he prophesies not good but always evil about me. He is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” Jeshoshaphat said, “Let not the king say that.”