Quotes about Israel
“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
— 2 Chronicles 16:3
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 16:11
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 17:1
but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 17:4
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
— 2 Chronicles 18:3
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
— 2 Chronicles 18:4
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
— 2 Chronicles 18:5
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
— 2 Chronicles 18:7
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
— 2 Chronicles 18:8
Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
— 2 Chronicles 18:9
So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
— 2 Chronicles 18:16
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
— 2 Chronicles 18:17