(Then the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye not that [a]Ramoth Gilead was ours? and we stay, and take it not out of the hand of the King of Aram?)

And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle against Ramoth Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, [b]I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and mine horses as thine horses.

Then Jehoshaphat said unto the King of Israel, [c]Ask counsel, I pray thee, of the Lord today.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:3 The kings of Syria kept Ramoth before this league was made by Ben-Hadad: therefore he thought not himself bound thereby to restore it.
  2. 1 Kings 22:4 I am ready to join and go with thee, and all mine is at thy commandment.
  3. 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.

The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead(A) belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight(B) against Ramoth Gilead?”

Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.” But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel(C) of the Lord.”

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