1-Kings - 22:7



7 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?"

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 22:7.

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And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?
And Josaphat said: Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him?
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?
And Jehoshaphat saith, 'Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, and we seek by him?'
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Jehoshaphat was dissatisfied. These men - creatures of Ahab, tainted with the worship of calves if not with Baal-worship - had promised victory, but not in the name of Yahweh. Jehoshaphat, therefore, asked, "Is there not here a true prophet of Yahweh besides these 400 professed prophets?"

And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the (g) LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
(g) Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false prophets to be God's ministers, but contemned them.

And Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him? He suspected these to be false prophets, though he would not call them so; nor suggest that they were not the prophets of the Lord, because he would not affront Ahab, who had an opinion of them; and therefore asks, if there were no other that went under the character of a prophet of the Lord, that he might inquire of him for his further satisfaction.

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