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2 Chronicles 18:5-7
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5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?”[a] They said, “Attack! God[b] will hand it over to the king.” 6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?” 7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will,[c] but I despise[d] him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always[e] disaster—Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 18:5 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
  2. 2 Chronicles 18:5 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, yehvah, “Yahweh”), the Israelite prophets stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title הָאֱלֹהִים (haʾelohim, “the God”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the 400 are genuine prophets of the Lord.
  3. 2 Chronicles 18:7 tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 18:7 tn Or “hate.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 18:7 tn Heb “all his days.”
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