2 Chronicles 18
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Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

one man

1 Kings 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that …

1 Kings 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: …

I hate him

1 Kings 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, …

1 Kings 20:42,43 And he said to him, Thus said the LORD, Because you have let go out …

1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, …

Psalm 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Psalm 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the …

Psalm 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered …

Proverbs 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he …

Proverbs 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; …

Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks …

Mark 6:18,19,27 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your …

Luke 6:22 Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate …

John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of …

John 15:18 If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.

John 19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast …

Galatians 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

good

Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not …

Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this …

me

2 Chronicles 18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, even what my God said, that will I speak.

2 Kings 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, …

Ezekiel 3:17-19 Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore …

Acts 20:26,27 Why I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men…

Let not the

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise …

Micah 2:7 O you that are named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD …

And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

horns of iron Mr. Bruce, in describing the head-dress of the governors of Abyssinia, says, `A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head: in the middle of this was a horn, or conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn [keren] and is only worn in reviews, or parades after victory.' Such, it may be supposed, were the {horns of iron} which Zedekiah (who appears to have acted the hero returning from a military triumph) made for himself, when he presumed, in the name of jehovah, to flatter his prince with the promise of victory: `Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed.'

Jeremiah 27:2 Thus said the LORD to me; Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,

Jeremiah 28:10-14 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's …

Zechariah 1:18-21 Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns…

2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist …

Thus

Jeremiah 23:17,21,25,31 They say still to them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall …

Jeremiah 28:2,3 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have …

Jeremiah 29:21 Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of …

Ezekiel 13:7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying …

Ezekiel 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing …

they be consumed [heb] thou consume them.

And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

Behold

Isaiah 26:11 LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall …

Jeremiah 28:16,17 Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the …

Jeremiah 29:21,22,32 Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of …

into an inner chamber. or, from chamber to chamber [heb] into a chamber in a chamber. `In one of the halls of the seraglio at Constantinople,' says De La Motraye, `the eunuch made us pass by several little chambers, with doors shut, like the cells of monks or nuns, as far as I could judge by one that another eunuch opened.' This exactly corresponds with the idea of a `chamber within a chamber;' and it would appear that Michaiah predicted that Zedekiah should fly for shelter to a {Harem}, which we have seen was deem {inviolate.}

1 Samuel 19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image …

1 Kings 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell …

Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors …

Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

Put

2 Chronicles 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that …

2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; …

1 Kings 22:26-28 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to …

Jeremiah 20:2,3 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks …

Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: …

Luke 3:19,20 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother …

Acts 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors …

Revelation 11:10 And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make …

this fellow

1 Samuel 25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow …

Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not …

Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting …

Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their …

bread of affliction

Psalm 80:5 You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink …

Psalm 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

Isaiah 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water …

until I return

Deuteronomy 29:19 And it come to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that …

Psalm 10:5 His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of …

Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

1 Thessalonians 5:2,3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as …

And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

from pursuing him [heb] from after him

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

a certain man

1 Kings 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of …

at a venture [heb] in his simplicity

2 Samuel 15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were …

between the, etc. [heb] between the joints and between the breast plate. The {shiryon} in Syriac, {sheryono}, seems to have covered both the back and breast of the warrior, and was consequently not properly a {breast-palate}, but a {coat of mail or corslet}. The corslet was made of flax of wool woven very thick, of ox-hide, of brass, or of iron. The metallic corslet consisted not of solid piece, but of scales, hooks, or rings, connected like the links of a chain, that the warrior might move with greater ease. It was between the joints of this {harness} that Ahab received his mortal wound.

1 Kings 22:34,35 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of …

wounded [heb] made sick

2 Chronicles 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, …

And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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