1. Three years remained without war between Aram and Israel.
2. Then it came about in the third year that King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3. The king of Israel said to his courtiers, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, yet we are still doing nothing to recover it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
4. Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramot-gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
5. Jehoshaphat said further to the king of Israel, “Please inquire of Adonai for a word first,”