1 Kings 22:5

Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord The persuasion has gained from him a promise, but Jehoshaphat would still find out whether the proposed expedition has the sanction of Jehovah. It is clear from his request that he expected to find a true prophet of Jehovah at hand in Israel. The national apostasy cannot therefore have been complete, even in the dark days of Ahab.

to day The Hebrew word is the same which is found in Genesis 25:31; Genesis 25:33, where on the margin of R.V. the alternative rendering, -first of all," is given. This sense is very appropriate both there and here, and will often explain what -to day" in O. Test. diction signifies. Cf. above, 1 Kings 1:51.