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BrTrAnd the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to thee that this man does not prophesy good to me, for he speaks nothing but evil?
ULTAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not say to you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but rather evil?”
USTAhab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.”
BSB Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,“Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
NETThe king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”
LSVAnd the king of Israel says to Jehoshaphat, “Have I not said to you, He does not prophesy of me good, but evil?”
FBVThe king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn't I tell you he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad?”
T4TAhab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.”
JPSAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'
ASVAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
DRA(Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, but always evil?)
YLTAnd the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Have I not said unto thee, He doth not prophesy of me good, but evil?'
DrbyAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil?
RVAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? (And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee/you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? )
SLTAnd the king of Israel will say to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say to thee he will not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
WbstrAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
KJB-1769And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? (And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee/you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? )
KJB-1611And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good concerning me, but euill? (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Gnva(And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?) ((And the King of Israel said unto Yehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee/you, that he would prophesy no good unto me, but evil?) )
ClVg(Dixit ergo rex Israël ad Josaphat: Numquid non dixi tibi, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed semper malum?) ((He_said therefore king Israel to Yosaphat: Is_it not/no I_said to_you, because not/no a_prophett to_me good, but always evil?) )
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said king Yisrael to/towards Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) am=not tell to,you not prophesy about,me good that/for/because/then/when if disaster )
Ahab asks this question to emphasize that he had spoken the truth about Micaiah. Alternate translation: “I told you … but only disaster!”
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
