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18:1 Jehoshaphat <03092> was <01961> very wealthy <06239> and greatly <07230> respected <03519>. He made an alliance <02859> by marriage with Ahab <0256>, 18:2 and after <07093> several years <08141> went down <03381> to <0413> visit Ahab <0256> in Samaria <08111>. Ahab <0256> slaughtered <02076> many <07230> sheep <06629> and cattle <01241> to honor Jehoshaphat and those <05971> who <0834> came with <05973> him. He persuaded <05496> him to <0413> join in an attack <05927> against Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 18:3 King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Will you go <01980> with <05973> me to attack Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>?” Jehoshaphat replied <0559> to the king <04428> of Israel, “I will support you; my army <05971> is at your disposal and will support <05973> you in battle <04421>.” 18:4 Then Jehoshaphat <03092> added <0559>, “First <04994> seek <01875> an oracle <01697> from the Lord <03068>.” 18:5 So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> assembled <06908> 400 <03967> <0702> prophets <05030> and asked <0559> them, “Should we attack <04421> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” They said <0559>, “Attack <05927>! God <0430> will hand <03027> it over to the king <04428>.” 18:6 But Jehoshaphat <03092> asked <0559>, “Is there not <0369> a prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068> still <05750> here <06311>, that we may ask <01875> him?” 18:7 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <0559> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “There is still <05750> one <0259> man <0376> through whom we can seek <01875> the Lord’s <03069> will. But I <0589> despise <08130> him because <03588> he does not <0369> prophesy <05012> prosperity <02896> for <05921> me, but <03588> always <03117> <03605> disaster <07451>. His <01931> name is Micaiah <04321> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>. Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, “The king <04428> should not <0408> say <0559> such things <03651>!” 18:8 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> summoned <07121> an officer <05631> and said <0559>, “Quickly <04116> bring Micaiah <04318> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>.”

• 2Ch 18:1--19:3 -- Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab

• Ramoth-gilead

  [isbe] RAMOTH-GILEAD - ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an importan...
  [nave] RAMOTH-GILEAD Called also Ramah, 2 Kin. 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6. A city of Gad, and a city of refuge, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 1 Chr. 6:80. One of Solomon's commissaries at, 1 Kin. 4:13. In the possession of the Syrians, 1 Kin. ...
  

• Micaiah

  [isbe] MICAIAH - mi-ka'-ya, mi-ki'-a (mikhayahu, "who is like Yah?"; Meichaias): A frequently occurring Old Testament name occasionally contracted to MICA or MICAH (which see). In the King James Version it is usually spelled "Micha...
  [smith] (who is like God?). Micahiah, the son of Imlah, was a prophet of Samaria, who in the last year of the reign of Ahab king of Israel predicted his defeat and death, B.C. 897. (1 Kings 22:1-35; 2 Chronicles 18:1) ...
  [nave] MICAIAH, a prophet who reproved King Ahab, 1 Kin. 22:8-28; 2 Chr. 18:4-27.
  

• Ahab

  [nave] AHAB 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 18:18, 19; 21:25, 26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3, 4; Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Elijah; assembles the ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• Imla

  [ebd] replenisher, the father of Micaiah the prophet (2 Chr. 18:7,8).
  [smith] (whom God will fill up), father or progenitor of Micaiah the prophet. (2 Chronicles 18:7,8) The form IMLAH is employed in the parallel narrative. (1 Kings 12:8,9) (B.C. before 896.)
  [nave] IMLA, called also Imlah. Father of Michaiah the prophet, 2 Chr. 18:7, 8.
  

• JEHOSHAPHAT (2)

  [isbe] JEHOSHAPHAT (2) - je-hosh'-a-fat (yehoshaphaT, "Yahweh judges"): The 4th king of Judah, son of Asa. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, of whom nothing further is known. He was 35 years of age at his accession, an...
  

• Preaching

  [nave] PREACHING, the act of exhorting, prophesying, reproving, teaching. Solomon called preacher, Eccl. 1:1, 12. Noah called preacher, 2 Pet. 2:5. Sitting while, Matt. 5:1; Luke 4:20; 5:3. Moses, slow of speech, Ex. 4:10-12. Re...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• AFFINITY

  [ebd] relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood.
  [isbe] AFFINITY - a-fin'-i-ti (chathan "to join one-self"): This term is used three times in the Old Testament: (1) in 1 Ki 3:1, where we read that "Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh King of Egypt", (2) in 2 Ch 18:1, where it is s...
  

• IMLA; IMLAH

  [isbe] IMLA; IMLAH - im'-la (yimlah, "fullness"?): Father of the prophet Micaiah (1 Ki 22:8,9; 2 Ch 18:7,8).
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Prophets

  [nave] PROPHETS Called Seers, 1 Sam. 9:19; 2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 2 Kin. 17:13; 1 Chr. 9:22; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7. Schools of, 1 Kin. 20:35; 2 Kin. 2:3-15; 4:1, 38; 9:1. Kept the chronicles, 1 Chr....
  

• Alliances

  [nave] ALLIANCES. Political With idolaters forbidden, Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-15; Deut. 7:2; Judg. 2:2; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:37; Isa. 30:2; 31:1; Hos. 4:17; 5:13; 12:1; Ezek. 17:15. Ratification of: By oaths, Gen. 21:23; 26:28-31; Josh....
  

• EUNUCH

  [isbe] EUNUCH - u'-nuk (caric; spadon; eunouchos): Primarily and literally, a eunuch is an emasculated man (Dt 23:1). The Hebrew word caric seems, however, to have acquired a figurative meaning, which is reflected in English Versio...
  

• Decision

  [nave] DECISION. Deut. 30:19; Josh. 23:8. Josh. 24:15; 1 Sam. 12:20; 1 Kin. 18:21; Psa. 37:34; Psa. 69:13; Prov. 4:25-27; Isa. 50:7; Matt. 24:13 Mark 13:13; Matt. 10:22. Matt. 25:23; Luke 7:23 Matt. 11:6. John 8:31; John 15:4, 5, ...
  

• Fellowship

  [nave] FELLOWSHIP. Eccl. 4:9-12; Amos 3:3 See: Fraternity; Fellowship. With God Gen. 5:22, 24; Gen. 6:9; Ex. 29:45; Ex. 33:14-17; Lev. 26:12; Isa. 57:15; Zech. 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21, 23; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Cor. 13:...
  

• Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab

  

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