Ramoth Gilead
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramothgilead....
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And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the
prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this
box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:...
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So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we
forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD
shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king....
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So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to
Ramothgilead....
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And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I
[am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and [we will
be] with thee in the war....
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And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle
to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I
[am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, my horses as thy
horses....
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("Heights of Gilead.") A fortress commanding Argob and the
Jair towns, occupied by Solomon's commissariat officer (1
Kings 4:13). Keenly fought for by the Israelites and their
enemies the Syrians under Ahab and Joram (1 Kings 22:4; it had
been seized by Benhadad I from Omri; Josephus Ant. 8:15,
section 3. Ahab fell in attempting to recover it)...
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heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan;
called "Ramoth in Gilead" (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8;
21:38). Here
Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an endeavour to
rescue it from
the hands of the king of Syria, was mortally wounded
(1 Kings
22:1-36). A similar attempt was afterwards made by
Ahaziah and
Joram, when the latter was wou...
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Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets
four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to
Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go
up; for God will deliver [it] into the king's hand....
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