And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
Ver. 5. Inquire, I pray thee.] Ahab never thought of this, belike. God was not in all his thoughts. Psa 10:4 And yet Scipio went first to the capitol, and then to the senate. a And the Romans called a sacrifice hostia; because, when they went against the enemies, they offered it. b
At the word of the Lord.] Some think that Jehoshaphat, hearing of Ahab's late humiliation, mistook him for a true convert, and therefore thus bespake him, and thought he might lawfully join with him in so just a war.
Today.] Josephus saith that this was done when the armies were now met, and were ready to march.
a Liv., lib. xxvi.
b Gel., lib. vii., chap. 1.