2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel says to Jehoshaphat, “[There is] still one man to seek YHWH from him, and I have hated him, for he is not prophesying of good concerning me, but of evil [for] all his days, he [is] Micaiah son of Imlah”; and Jehoshaphat says, “Do not let the king say so.”
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In Context
6And Jehoshaphat says, “[Is there] not still a prophet of YHWH here, and we seek from him?”
8And the king of Israel calls to a certain officer and says, “Hurry Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17[And it] comes to pass at Ahab’s seeing Elijah that Ahab says to him, “Are you he—the troubler of Israel?”
1 Kings 20:42and he says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Because you have sent away the man I devoted, out of [your] hand, even your life has been for his life, and your people for his people”;
2 Kings 9:22And it comes to pass, at Jehoram’s seeing Jehu, that he says, “Is there peace, Jehu?” And he says, “What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of your mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts, are many?”
Psalms 34:21Evil puts the wicked to death, || And those hating the righteous are desolate.
Psalms 69:14Deliver me from the mire, and do not let me sink, || Let me be delivered from those hating me, || And from deep places of waters.
Proverbs 25:12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, || [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:5-28
The Prophets Are Consulted. ( b. c. 897.) 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto… Read the whole commentary →