1 Kings 22:19

And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of LORD. I saw LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

In Context

18And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

20And LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

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Cross References

Exodus 24:9Then Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says,

Job 1:6Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them.

Psalms 81:9There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of LORD, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of LORD, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:16-29

Micaiah's Prediction. ( b. c. 897.) 15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord ? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said,… Read the whole commentary →

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