5Then 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.|


In Context

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?|

7 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, |There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.| Jehoshaphat said, |Don't let the king say so.|

2 Chronicles 18:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver [it] into the king’s hand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:5So the king of Israel brought together the prophets-four hundred men-and asked them, "Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?" "Go," they answered, "for God will give it into the king's hand."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:5So 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God will give it into the king's hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:5When the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5Therefore the king of Israel collected of prophets four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, 'Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, 'Go up, and God doth give it into the hand of the king.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.