18Jehoshaphat had much wealth and honor, and he made an agreement with King Ahab through marriage. ⁿ ²A few years later Jehoshaphat went to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle as a great feast to honor Jehoshaphat and the people with him. He encouraged Jehoshaphat to attack Ramoth in Gilead. ³Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth in Gilead?”

Jehoshaphat answered, “I will go with you, and my soldiers are yours. We will join you in the battle.” ⁴Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, “But first we should ask if this is the Lord’s will.”

⁵So King Ahab called four hundred prophets together and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?”

They answered, “Go, because God will hand them over to you.”

⁶But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here? Let’s ask him what we should do.”

⁷Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but always something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t say that!”

⁸So Ahab king of Israel told one of his officers to bring Micaiah to him at once.

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Footnotes

nagreement … through marriage Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram married Athaliah, Ahab’s daughter. See 2 Chronicles 21:6.