2 Chronicles 18:3
18:3 King Ahab of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army is at your disposal and will support you in battle.”
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2 Chronicles 18:5
18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?”
2 They said, “Attack! God
3 will hand it over to the king.”
2 Chronicles 18:9
18:9 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at 4 the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.
1 tn Heb “Like me, like you; and like your people, my people; and with you in battle.”
2 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
3 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, yÿhvah, “Yahweh”), the Israelite prophets stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title הָאֱלֹהִים (ha’elohim, “the God”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the 400 are genuine prophets of the Lord.
4 tn Heb “at,” which in this case probably means “near.”