5But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "First seek the counsel of the Lord ."


In Context

2 But in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to see the king of Israel.

3 The king of Israel had said to his officials, "Don't you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?"

4 So he asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

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

6 So 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," they answered, "for the Lord will give it into the king's hand."

7 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?"

1st Kings 22:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: As I am, so art thou: my people and thy people are one: and my horsemen, thy horsemen. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, this day, the word of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And 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

22:5And 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

22:5And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:5And 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

22:5Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:5And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, 'Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:5And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, at the word of the LORD to day.