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


In Context

2 It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

3 The king of Israel said to his servants, |You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?|

4 He said to Jehoshaphat, |Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?| Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.|

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

6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, |Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?| They said, |Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.|

7 But Jehoshaphat said, |Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?|

1 Kings 22:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:5But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "First seek the counsel of the Lord ."

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 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.