3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that aRamoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”
4 So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, a“I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
5 Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, a“Please inquire for the word of the Lord today.”
6 Then the king of Israel agathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?” So they said, “Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
7 And aJehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of1 Him?”
8 So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”
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What Does 1 Kings 22:5 Mean?
1 Kings 22:5-6
Jehoshaphat smelled something rotten here because he did not see any prophet of God. He knew these four hundred were not to be trusted.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Satan (Part 3)
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