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But,” he added, “we should ask the Lord first, to be sure of what he wants us to do.”

So King Ahab summoned his 400 heathen prophets[a] and asked them, “Shall I attack Ramoth-gilead, or not?”

And they all said, “Yes, go ahead, for God will help you conquer it.”

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here? I’d like to ask him too.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:6 Ahab summoned his 400 heathen prophets, implied. These were evidently the 400 Asherah priests left alive by Elijah at Carmel, though the 450 prophets of Baal were slain. See 18:19 and 40.

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