1 Kings 22:6-8

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.” 22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?” 22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ³  But I despise ⁴  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ⁶  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 17:5-6

17:5 So he did ⁷  as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 17:6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

1 Kings 17:2

17:2 The Lord told him: ⁸ 

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ⁹  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 18:5-7

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ¹¹  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ¹²  some of the animals.” 18:6 They divided up the land between them; Ahab went ¹³  one way and Obadiah went the other.

18:7 As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. ¹⁴  When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

[22:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[22:6]  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.

[22:8]  ³ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ⁵ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

[22:2]  ⁶ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “So he went and did.”

[17:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[10:9]  ⁹ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[18:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “grass.”

[18:5]  ¹² tn Heb “to cut off.”

[18:6]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text has “alone” here and again in reference to Obadiah toward the end of the verse.

[18:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “look, Elijah [came] to meet him.”