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King Ahab of Israel asked King Jehoshaphat of Judah, “Will you join me in attacking Ramoth-gilead?”

“I’m with you,” Jehoshaphat[a] replied. “and my army is with you. We’ll join you in the battle.” But then Jehoshaphat asked the king of Israel, “Please ask for a message from the Lord, first.”

So the king of Israel gathered together 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I call off the attack?”[b]

“Go attack them,” they all said, “because God will drop them right in the king’s hand.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:3 Lit. he
  2. 2 Chronicles 18:5 The Heb. lacks the attack