²⁹ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

² And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

³ And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram.

⁴ And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

⁵ Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

⁶ So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

⁷ But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

⁹ Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

²⁸ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.