2 Powerful Miracles That Remind Us God Always Fights Our Battles
Jennifer Slattery
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1 Kings 22:5
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Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.
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1 Kings 22:5 Meaning and Commentary
1 Kings 22:5
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, inquire, I pray
thee, at the word of the Lord today.
] Being a pious and religious prince, he did not choose to go into a war at once, without consulting the Lord by his prophets, whether it was his will and pleasure they should engage in it, and should prosper; and he was desirous of having this done immediately, before they proceeded any further.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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1 Kings 22:5 In-Context
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And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram.
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And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
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Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.
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So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?
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