1Kings:22:1-28
geneva@1Kings:22:1 @ And they continued (note:)Ben-hadad the king of Syria, and Ahab made a peace which endured three years.(:note) three years without war between Syria and Israel.
geneva@1Kings:22:2 @ And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah (note:)To see and visit him.(:note) came down to the king of Israel.
geneva@1Kings:22:3 @ And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that (note:)The kings of Syria kept Ramoth before this league was made by Benhadad: therefore he did not think he was bound by it to restore it.(:note) Ramoth in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
geneva@1Kings:22:4 @ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, (note:)I am ready to join and go with you, and all of mine is at your command.(:note) I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
geneva@1Kings:22:5 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, (note:)He seemed that he would not go to war unless God approved it, yet when Michaiah advised the opposite he would not obey.(:note) Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
geneva@1Kings:22:6 @ Then the king of Israel gathered the (note:)Meaning the false prophets, who were liars and served for money whom Jezebel had assembled and kept after the death of those whom Elijah slew.(:note) prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.
geneva@1Kings:22:7 @ And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the (note:)Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false prophets to be God's ministers, but contemned them.(:note) LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
geneva@1Kings:22:8 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but (note:)By which we see that the wicked cannot abide to hear the truth, but hate the prophets of God and molest them.(:note) I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
geneva@1Kings:22:9 @ Then the king of Israel called an (note:)Read (Gen_37:36).(:note) officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.
geneva@1Kings:22:10 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their (note:)In their kingly apparel.(:note) robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
geneva@1Kings:22:11 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him (note:)The true prophets of God were accustomed to use signs for the confirmation of their doctrine, (Isa_20:2; Jer_7:2) in which the false prophets imitated them, thinking by it to make their doctrine more believable.(:note) horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
geneva@1Kings:22:12 @ And all the prophets prophecied so, saying, Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliuer it into the Kings hand.
geneva@1Kings:22:13 @ 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 (note:)This is the common argument of the wicked, who think that no one should speak against anything if the majority approves of it, be they ever so ungodly.(:note) one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.
geneva@1Kings:22:14 @ And Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me, that will I speake.
geneva@1Kings:22:15 @ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, (note:)He speaks this in derision, because the king attributed so much to the false prophets, meaning that by experience he should discern that they were liars.(:note) Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.
geneva@1Kings:22:16 @ And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?
geneva@1Kings:22:17 @ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, (note:)It is better for them to return home than to be punished and scattered because they go to war without God's counsel and approval.(:note) These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
geneva@1Kings:22:18 @ (And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?)
geneva@1Kings:22:19 @ And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the (note:)Meaning, his angels.(:note) host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
geneva@1Kings:22:20 @ And the Lord sayd, Who shall entise Ahab that he may go and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one said on this maner, and another sayd on that maner.
geneva@1Kings:22:21 @ And there came forth a spirit, and (note:)Here we see that though the devil is always ready to bring us to destruction, yet he has no more power than God gives him.(:note) stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
geneva@1Kings:22:22 @ And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a (note:)I will cause all his prophets to tell lies.(:note) lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
geneva@1Kings:22:23 @ Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath appoynted euill against thee.
geneva@1Kings:22:24 @ But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (note:)Thus the wicked would that none were in the favour of God but they, and that God has given his graces to none so much as to them.(:note) Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
geneva@1Kings:22:25 @ And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.
geneva@1Kings:22:26 @ And the King of Israel sayd, Take Michaiah, and cary him vnto Amon the gouernour of the citie, and vnto Ioash the Kings sonne,
geneva@1Kings:22:27 @ And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with (note:)Let him waste away with hunger and be fed with a small portion of bread and water.(:note) bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
geneva@1Kings:22:28 @ And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, (note:)That when you see these things come to pass you may give God the glory, and know that I am his true prophet.(:note) Hearken, O people, every one of you.
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