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2 Chronicles 18:8 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 18 · verse 8
And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.2 Chronicles 18:8 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 18:8 in context
6But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
7And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
8And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
9And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- officersçârîyça eunuchH5631 →
- quicklymâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
- MicaiahMîykâhûwMikehu, an Israelite prophetH4319 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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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