2 Chronicles 18:2
1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
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.”
4 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
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
- And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
- KJV
- And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
- WEB
- After some years, he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.
- ASV
- And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramoth-gilead.
- DARBY
- And after [certain] years he went down to Ahab, to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and urged him to go up against Ramoth-Gilead.
- BLB
- And he went down after some years to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab killed for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who [were] with him, and he incited him to go up to Ramoth-gilead.
- ÅB
- og noen år etter dro han ned til Akab i Samaria, og Akab lot slakte småfe og storfe i mengde for ham og de folk han hadde med seg, og han tilskyndte ham til å dra opp imot Ramot i Gilead.
- OTB
- Noen år senere dro han ned til Akab i Samaria. Og Akab slaktet mange sauer og okser for ham og folket som var med ham, og han overtalte ham til å dra opp mot Ramot i Gilead.
- B1930
- og nogen år efter drog han ned til Akab i Samaria, og Akab lot slakte småfe og storfe i mengde for ham og de folk han hadde med sig, og han tilskyndte ham til å dra op imot Ramot i Gilead.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 9:1
Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
Read in context1 Kings 1:9
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
Read in context2 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.
Read in context1 Kings 4:13
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
Read in context1 Kings 17:7
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:6
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
Read in contextLuke 17:27–29
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
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