1. Therefore, Jehoshaphat was wealthy and very famous, and he was joined by affinity to Ahab.
2. And after some years, he descended to him in Samaria. And upon his arrival, Ahab slaughtered very many sheep and oxen, for him and for the people who had arrived with him. And he persuaded him that he should ascend against Ramoth Gilead.
3. And Ahab, the king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, "Come with me to Ramoth Gilead." And he answered him: "As I am, so also are you. As your people are, so also are my people. And we will be with you in war."
4. And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Consult, I beg you, the word of the Lord for the present circumstances."