1
For three years Aram and Israel continued without war.
2
But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3
The king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, yet we are doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?"
4
He said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I am as you are; my people are your people, my horses are your horses."
5
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Inquire first for the word of the Lord."
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