And they spoke to him, the young men who had grown up with him, saying, So you shall say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and you make it light from on us; so you shall speak to them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they advised him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, who were standing before him.
And it happened when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Surely he is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight with him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.
And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go to battle with me, to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you, my people as your people; my horses as your horses.
And Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, went out before him and said to King Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked one, and those who hate Jehovah, and by this bring wrath on you from the face of Jehovah?
Then those fearing Jehovah spoke together, each man to his neighbor. And Jehovah gave attention and heard. And a Book of Remembrance was written before Him for those fearing Jehovah, and for those esteeming His name.
And I heard another voice out of Heaven saying, My people, come out of her, that you may not share in her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues;