Devine Scripture

1 Kings 22:5

1 Kings chapter 22 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.

Context

v.4And 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.

v.5This passage

v.6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 27:21

    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

  • 1 Samuel 14:18

    And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was there at that time with the children of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 20:1

    And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifthmonth, the tenthdayof the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.

  • Proverbs 3:5

    Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

  • 1 Chronicles 10:13

    So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,

  • Jeremiah 42:2

    and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us),