1 Kings 22:13

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now thy words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.

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In The King James Version

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

In Context

12And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and the thing shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into thy hands.

14And Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.

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Cross References

Psalms 11:1For the end, a Psalm of David, upon the eighth. 1

Psalms 50:21Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, 1 Offering, and whole burnt sacrifices: 1 Then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.

Hosea 7:3They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.

Micah 2:6Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let any weep for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches,

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:2-15

Jehoshaphat's League with Ahab. ( b. c. 897.) 1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as… Read the whole commentary →

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