And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Ask counsel, I pray thee, at the [a]word of the Lord this day.

Therefore the King of Israel gathered of [b]Prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I cease? And they said, Go up: for God shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there here never a Prophet more of the Lord that we might inquire of him?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:4 Hear the advice of some Prophet, to know whether it be God’s will.
  2. 2 Chronicles 18:5 Which were the prophets of Baal, signifying that the wicked esteem none but flatterers, and such as will bear with their inordinate affections.

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