Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 22:5
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But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
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Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.”
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
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1 Kings 22
3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
4 So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
5 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
6 So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
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