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2 Chronicles 18:4

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18:4Then Jehoshaphat added,7 “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”8

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Footnotes

  1. 7 Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”
  2. 8 Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23–24.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “First, please ask what the Lord’s will is.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jehoshaphat added, “But first let’s find out what the Lord says.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Seek first of all the word of Yahweh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.