Ahab’s Third Campaign against Aram

22 Now [a]three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. (A)In the third year, (B)Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. Now the king of Israel said to his servants, “Are you aware that (C)Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, yet we are hesitant to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?” So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go to battle with me at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “[b](D)Consider me yours, my people yours, and my horses yours!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:1 Lit they sat for three years
  2. 1 Kings 22:4 Lit As me as you, as my people...as my horses, as your horses, an ancient idiom

Ahab’s Third Campaign against Aram

22 Three [a]years passed without war between Aram and Israel. (A)In the third year (B)Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. Now the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that (C)Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we [b]are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?” And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “(D)I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:1 Lit they sat for three years
  2. 1 Kings 22:3 Lit are silent so as not