1 Kings 22:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 Then Jehoshaphat said unto the King of Israel, [a]Ask counsel, I pray thee, of the Lord today.
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the [b]prophets upon a four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I let it alone? And they said, Go up, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the King.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there here never a Prophet of the [c]Lord more, that we might inquire of him?
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- 1 Kings 22:5 He seemed that he would not go to the war, except God reproved it, yet when Micaiah counseled the contrary, he would not obey.
- 1 Kings 22:6 Meaning, the false prophets, which were flatterers and served for lucre, whom Jezebel had assembled and kept after the death of those whom Elijah slew.
- 1 Kings 22:7 Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false prophets to be God’s ministers, but did contemn them.
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