2 Chronicles 18:4 King James Version (KJV)

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


2 Chronicles 18:4 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

4 And Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 unto the king H4428 of Israel, H3478 Enquire, H1875 I pray thee, at the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 to day. H3117


2 Chronicles 18:4 American Standard (ASV)

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


2 Chronicles 18:4 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

4 And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'


2 Chronicles 18:4 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

4 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, this day of the word of Jehovah.


2 Chronicles 18:4 World English Bible (WEB)

4 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.


2 Chronicles 18:4 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

Cross Reference

1 Samuel 23:9-12 KJV

And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.

1 Kings 22:5-6 KJV

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 18 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible


Verse 1

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,.... Still more and more, see 2 Chronicles 17:5, and which moved Ahab to desire friendship and affinity with him, to which Jehoshaphat agreed:

and joined affinity with Ahab; king of Israel, married his son Joram to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab by Jezebel of Zidon; which marriage proved of bad consequence to Jehoshaphat and his family.


Verses 2-34

And after certain years,.... Two years, according to the Syriac and Arabic versions, or in the third year after the affinity was contracted, see 1 Kings 22:2,

he went down to Ahab to Samaria; to pay him a visit upon the alliance, civil and matrimonial, contracted between them:

and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him; entertained him and his retinue in a very grand and liberal manner:

and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead; from hence, to the end of the chapter, it is the same with 1 Kings 22:4.