1. NOW JEHOSHAPHAT had great riches and honor, but was allied [by marriage] with Ahab.
2. After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance and for the people with him and persuaded him to go up with him against Ramoth-gilead.
3. Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? He answered, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.
4. And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word of the Lord today.
5. So King [Ahab] of Israel gathered together the prophets, 400 men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
6. But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not another prophet of the Lord here by whom we may inquire?