2 CHRONICLES 18:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.”
And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, 'Inquire first for the word of the LORD' — Jehoshaphat's theological principle (וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָט אֶל־מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁאַל־נָא בַיּוֹם אֶת־דְּבַר־יְהוָה): consult God before military action (שְׁאַל־נָא אֶת־יְהוָה). The insistence on prophetic inquiry preserved some measure of covenant-consciousness, even amid diplomatic compromise.
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