2 Chronicles 18:5
18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 1 They said, “Attack! God 2 will hand it over to the king.”
2 Chronicles 24:22
24:22 King Joash disregarded 3 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 4 son. As Zechariah 5 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 6
2 Chronicles 30:5
30:5 So they sent an edict 7 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 8 to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 9
1 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
2 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, yÿhvah, “Yahweh”), the Israelite prophets stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title הָאֱלֹהִים (ha’elohim, “the God”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the 400 are genuine prophets of the Lord.
3 tn Heb “did not remember.”
4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
7 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”
8 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
9 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”