1 Kings 22:7
in 1 Kings 22But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?
KJV
And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?
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This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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?”
This site's exposition
Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here
on 1 Kings 22:7-8
Jehoshaphat's question implies he does not count the four hundred as prophets of the LORD in the sense he means. Ahab's answer confirms it: one man remains, “Micaiah son of Imlah”. Ahab says “I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
They seemed to be somewhat (whatever they were, it made no matter to him), but, in conference, they added nothing to him, they gave him no satisfaction, Gal. ii. One faithful prophet of the Lord was worth them all. Ahab has another, but one he hates, Micaiah by name, and, to please Jehoshaphat, he is willing to have him sent for,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Jos 21:38), on the site of the present Salt Lake, in the province of Belka. It lay within the territories of the Israelitish monarch, and was unjustly alienated; but whether it was one of the cities usurped by the first Ben-hadad, which his son had promised to restore, or was retained for some other reasons, the sacred historian has not mentioned.
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔ט | yehooshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| הַאֵ֨ין | haein | ¿ [is] there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| פֹּ֥ה | poh | here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| נָבִ֛יא | navi' | a prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| לַיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | of Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| ע֑וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖ה | venidreshah | so we may enquire | H1875 → | 164 times |
| מֵאוֹתֽוֹ׃ | meoto | from <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טJehoshaphat
yehooshafatH3092 →84 times
הַאֵ֨ין¿ [is] there not
haeinH369 →789 times
פֹּ֥הhere
pohH6311 →82 times
נָבִ֛יאa prophet
navi'H5030 →314 times
לַיהוָ֖הof Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
ע֑וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖הso we may enquire
venidreshahH1875 →164 times
מֵאוֹתֽוֹ׃from <obj.> him
meotoH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.