1
Now Yehoshafat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ach'av.
2
After certain years he went down to Ach'av to Shomron. Ach'av killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramot-Gil`ad.
3
Ach'av king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat king of Yehudah, Will you go with me to Ramot-Gil`ad? He answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and [we will be] with you in the war.
4
Yehoshafat said to the king of Yisra'el, Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.
5
Then the king of Yisra'el gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.
6
But Yehoshafat said, Isn't there here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we may inquire of him?