Jehoshaphat’s Alliance with Ahab

22 There was(A) a lull of three years(B) without war between Aram and Israel. However, in the third year, King Jehoshaphat(C) of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.(D) The king of Israel had said to his servants, “Don’t you know that Ramoth-gilead(E) is ours, but we’re doing nothing to take it from the king of Aram?” So(F) he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight Ramoth-gilead?” (G)

Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”(H)

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Jehoshaphat and Ahab

22 For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel. Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel. During the visit, the king of Israel said to his officials, “Do you realize that the town of Ramoth-gilead belongs to us? And yet we’ve done nothing to recapture it from the king of Aram!”

Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will you join me in battle to recover Ramoth-gilead?”

Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”

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