⁶So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?”

“Go,”^g they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”^h

⁷But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no longer a prophetⁱ of the Lord here whom we can inquire^j of?”

⁸The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate^k him because he never prophesies anything good^l about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

⁹So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

¹⁰Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor^m by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them. ¹¹Now Zedekiahⁿ son of Kenaanah had made iron horns^o and he declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’ ”

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Cross references

gSee Jdg 18:6
hSee 1 Ki 13:18
i Dt 18:15; 2 Ki 3:11; 5:8
jSee Nu 27:21; 2 Ki 3:11
k Am 5:10
lver 13; Isa 5:20; 30:10; Jer 23:17
mSee Jdg 6:37
nver 24
o Dt 33:17; Jer 27:2; 28:10; Zec 1:18–21