2 Chronicles 18:4

4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Seek {first of all} the word of Yahweh."

2 Chronicles 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2).

2 Chronicles 18:4 In-Context

2 And {after some years} he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and for the people who [were] with him, and urged him to go up against Ramoth-Gilead.

3 And Ahab the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, "Will you go up with me to Ramoth-Gilead?" And he answered him, "I [am] as you [are], and my people [are] as your people with you in war."

4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Seek {first of all} the word of Yahweh."

5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men. And he said to them, "Shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we cease?" And they said, "Go up, since God will give [it] into the hand of the king."

6 Then Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here another prophet of Yahweh that we might inquire of him?"

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "as the day"