1 Three years remained without war between Aram and Israel.
2 Then it came about in the third year that King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3 The king of Israel said to his courtiers, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, yet we are still doing nothing to recover it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramot-gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
5 Jehoshaphat said further to the king of Israel, “Please inquire of Adonai for a word first,”