4And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, at present the word of the Lord.


In Context

1 Now Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and was joined by affinity to Achab.

2 And he went down to him after some years to Samaria: and Achab at his coming killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people that came with him: and he persuaded him to go up to Ramoth Galaad.

3 And Achab king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda: Come with me to Ramoth Galaad. And he answered him: Thou art as I am, and my people as thy people, and we will be with thee in the war.

4 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, at present the word of the Lord.

5 So the king of Israel gathered together of the prophets four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall we forbear ? But they said: Go up, and God will deliver it into the king's hand.

6 And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire also of him?

2 Chronicles 18:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:4But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "First seek the counsel of the Lord ."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, this day of the word of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel; Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, at the word of the LORD to day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, 'Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'