^22:6So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?”⁷ They said, “Attack! The sovereign one⁸ will hand it over to the king.” ^22:7But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?” ^22:8The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will.⁹ But I despise¹⁰ him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.¹¹ Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.” ^22:9The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

^22:10Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones,¹² dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria.¹³ All the prophets were prophesying before them. ^22:11Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’ ”

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Footnotes

7 Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
8 Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7–8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.
9 Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”
10 Or “hate.”
11 The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
12 Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”
13 For location see ; ; ; ; .