Verse 5

They said to him,“Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:5 : 5 But then Jehoshaphat said to Israel’s king,“Please seek a message from the LORD this very day.”
• 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest,“On the large altar offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use.”
• Isa 30:1 : 1 Egypt Will Prove Unreliable“The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the LORD,“those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.
• Ezek 21:21 : 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers.
• Hos 4:12 : 12 They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
• Acts 8:10 : 10 All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying,“This man is the power of God that is called‘Great.’”
• Judg 17:5 : 5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
• Judg 17:13 : 13 Micah said,“Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
• Judg 18:14 : 14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen,“Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”