1. And there were three years without war between Aram and Israel.
2. In the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.
3. The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we have done nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram!”
4. And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle Ramoth Gilead?”And 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 to the king of Israel, “Please ask for a word from the Lord today.”
6. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, approximately four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I wait?”And they said, “Go up, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”
7. Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here whom we can ask?”
8. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we can inquire of the Lord. But I hate him because he never prophesies good for me, but always evil.”And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
9. Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, “Quickly, bring Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
10. The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each put on his robes and sat on his throne at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophesied before them.