1 Kings 22:6
Context22:6 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.”
1 Kings 22:11
Context22:11 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.’”
1 Kings 22:22
Context22:22 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 3 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 4 Go out and do as you have proposed.’
1 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
2 tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
4 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the