1 Kings 22:6-12
22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 1 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 2 will hand it over to the king.”
22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”
22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 3 But I despise 4 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 5 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”
22:9 The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”
22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, 6 dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. 7 All the prophets were prophesying before them.
22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’”
22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
1 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
2 tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.
3 tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”
4 tn Or “hate.”
5 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”
7 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.