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1 Jehoshaphat was wealthy and honorable and became Ahab's in-law. 2 A few years later he went to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for a banquet in honor of Jehoshaphat and the people who were with him. And Ahab persuaded Jehoshaphat to attack Ramoth in Gilead with him. 3 King Ahab of Israel asked King Jehoshaphat of Judah, |Will you go with me to Ramoth in Gilead?| Jehoshaphat told the king of Israel, |I will do what you do. My troops will do what your troops do. [We will join] your troops in battle.| 4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |But first, find out what the word of the LORD is [in this matter].| 5 So the king of Israel called 400 prophets together. He asked them, |Should we go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?| |Go,| they said. |God will hand over Ramoth to you.| 6 But Jehoshaphat asked, |Isn't there a prophet of the LORD whom we could ask?| 7 The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, |We can ask the LORD through Micaiah, son of Imla, but I hate him. Nothing he prophesies about me is good; it's always evil.| Jehoshaphat answered, |The king must not say that.| 2 Chronicles 18:1-7, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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