5 So Israel's king gathered four hundred prophets and asked them, "Should we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?" "Attack!" the prophets answered. "God will hand it over to the king."
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2 Chronicles 18:5 In-Context
3 "Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?" Israel's King Ahab asked Judah's King Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat replied, "I and my people will be united with you and your people in battle.
4 But," Jehoshaphat said to Israel's king, "first, let's see what the LORD has to say."
5 So Israel's king gathered four hundred prophets and asked them, "Should we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?" "Attack!" the prophets answered. "God will hand it over to the king."
6 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there any other prophet of the LORD around whom we could ask?"
7 "There's one other man who could ask the LORD for us," Israel's king told Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad. His name is Micaiah, Imlah's son." "The king shouldn't speak like that!" Jehoshaphat said.