2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, came up, slapped Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh take to go from me to speak to you?”
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24Micaiah said, “Look, you will know that on that day, when you run into some inner room to hide.”
Cross References
1 Kings 22:23Now see, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and Yahweh has decreed disaster for you.”
Isaiah 50:5The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, 1 and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away backward. 1
Jeremiah 29:26“Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be in charge of Yahweh's house. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.
Micah 5:1Now come together in battle ranks, 1 daughter of soldiers; 1 the soldiers have set up a siege around city, 1 with a rod they will strike the judge of Israel 1 on the cheek. + 5:1 Instead of come together in battle ranks , some interpreters translate cut yourselves , referring to the pagan practice of cutting oneself while praying to idols. Also, some modern versions follow an ancient version that reads build up your fortifications . 1
Mark 14:65Some began to spit on him and to cover his face and strike him and say to him, “Prophesy!” The officers took him and beat him.
John 18:22When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing there struck Jesus and said, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
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 →