1 Kings 22:6

22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ¹  They said, “Attack! The sovereign one ²  will hand it over to the king.”

1 Kings 22:27

22:27 Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water ³  until I safely return.”’” ⁴ 

1 Kings 22:37

22:37 So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

² tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.

³ tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

⁴ tn Heb “come in peace.” So also in v. 28.

⁵ tn Heb “and the king died and he came to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.”