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2 Chronicles 18:12

The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the words of the prophets with one mouth are favorable to the king. Let your words agree with theirs, and speak favorably.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11All the prophets prophesied the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead and win, for Yahweh has given it into the hand of the king.”

13Micaiah replied, “As Yahweh lives, it is what God says that I will say.”

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Cross References

Joshua 9:2these joined together under one command, to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

Psalms 10:11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten; 1 he covers his face; he will not bother to look.” 1

Hosea 7:3With their evil they make the king glad, 1 and by their lies the officials. 1

Micah 2:6“Do not prophesy,” 1 they say. 1 “They must not prophesy these things; 1 reproaches must not come.” 1

1 Corinthians 2:14The unspiritual person does not receive the things that belong to the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. He cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.

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 →

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