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2 Chronicles 18:15 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 18 · verse 15
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?2 Chronicles 18:15 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 18:15 in context
13And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
14And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
15And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
16Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
17And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- adjureshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- timespaʻama stroke, literally or figurativelyH6471 →
- truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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This is almost word for word the same with what we had, 1 Kings 22. We will not repeat what was there said, nor have we much to add, but may take occasion to think, 1. Of the great duty of acknowledging God in all our ways and enquiring at his word, whatever we undertake.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-27