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Ahab Hates Micaiah

Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire [a]first for the word of Yahweh.” Then (A)the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” But (B)Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not yet a prophet of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:5 Lit as the day

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel(A) of the Lord.”

So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?”

“Go,”(B) they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”(C)

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no longer a prophet(D) of the Lord here whom we can inquire(E) of?”

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