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Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
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Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.
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And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
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So he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
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Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire for the word of the Lord today."
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?" So they said, "Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."
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And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of Him?"