2 Chronicles 18:5
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Should we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?” They said, “Attack, for God will give it into the hand of the king.”
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4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please first seek the word of Yahweh for your answer.”
Cross References
1 Kings 12:9He said to them, “What advice do you give me that we may answer the people who spoke to me and said, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?”
2 Kings 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and mother.” So the king of Israel said to him, “No, because Yahweh has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab.”
2 Chronicles 18:20Then a spirit came forward and it stood before Yahweh and said, 'I will entice him.' Yahweh said to him, 'How?'
Jeremiah 23:14Among the prophets in Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: 1 They commit adultery and walk in deceit. 1 They strengthen the hands of evildoers; no one turns back from his evildoing. 1 All of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like Gomorrah!” 1
Jeremiah 23:17They are constantly saying to those who dishonor me, 'Yahweh declares there will be peace for you.' 1 For everyone walking in the stubbornness of his own heart says, 'Disaster will not come upon you.' 1
Jeremiah 38:14Then King Zedekiah sent word and brought Jeremiah the prophet to himself, to the third entrance in Yahweh's house. The king said to Jeremiah, “I want to ask you something. Do not keep the answer from me.”
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:5-28
The Prophets Are Consulted. ( b. c. 897.) 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto… Read the whole commentary →