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Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Ask first for the word of the Lord.” Then the king of Israel gathered together the men who spoke for God, 400 men. He said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or should I not?” And they said, “Go. For the Lord will give it to the king.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not another man who speaks for the Lord here, that we may ask him?”

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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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