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2 Chronicles 18:5

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18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 1  They said, “Attack! God 2  will hand it over to the king.”

2 Chronicles 18:12

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18:12 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 3  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!” 4 

2 Chronicles 18:33-34

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18:33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random 5  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 6  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 7  for I am wounded.” 18:34 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.

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[18:5]  1 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[18:5]  2 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 (haelohim, “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.

[18:12]  3 tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[18:12]  4 tn Heb “let your words be like one of them and speak good.”

[18:33]  5 tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[18:33]  6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:33]  7 tn Heb “camp.”



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