1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the LORD’s word. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

World English Bible

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

18The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

20The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another said another.

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Cross References

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

Numbers 24:3He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

Job 1:6Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan also came among them.

Psalms 81:9There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

Isaiah 1:10Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the LORD’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people 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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