4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.|
4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.|
1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
2 After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.
3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, |Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?| He answered him, |I am as you are, and my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.|
4 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, |Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.|
5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, |Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?| They said, |Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.|
6 But Jehoshaphat said, |Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?|
18:4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
18:4But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "First seek the counsel of the Lord ."
18:4And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, at present the word of the Lord.
18:4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
18:4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, this day of the word of Jehovah.
18:4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel; Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.
18:4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, at the word of the LORD to day.
18:4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day.
18:4And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, 'Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'