1 Kings 22:4

2 However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

5 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

6 So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
KJV
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
WEB
He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
ASV
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
DARBY
And he said to Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
BLB
And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight [at] Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Like me like you, like my people like your people, like my horses like your horses.”
ÅB
Og han sa til Josjafat: Vil du dra med meg i krig til Ramot i Gilead? Josjafat svarte Israels konge: Som du, så jeg, som ditt folk, så mitt folk, som dine hester, så mine hester.
OTB
Så spurte han Josjafat: "Vil du gå med meg for å kjempe mot Ramot i Gilead?" Josjafat svarte kongen av Israel: "Jeg er som du er; mitt folk som ditt folk, mine hester som dine hester."
B1930
Og han sa til Josafat: Vil du dra med mig i krig til Ramot i Gilead? Josafat svarte Israels konge: Som du, så jeg, som ditt folk, så mitt folk, som dine hester, så mine hester.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 3:7

    And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

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  • Ephesians 5:11

    Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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  • Proverbs 13:20

    He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

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  • Psalms 139:21–22

    Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

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  • Revelation 2:26

    And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:3

    Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

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