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1 Kings 22:26

in 1 Kings 22

And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

KJV

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

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This verse in 1 Kings 22

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Carry him back - literally, “cause him to return.” Micaiah had been in custody before, and was brought by Ahab’s messenger from his prison. The governor of the city - This is one out of several notices respecting what may be called the “constitution” of the Israelite kingdom. The king consulted on important matters a Council of elders 1Ki 20:7-8. The general administration was carried on by means of the governors of provinces 1Ki 20:14 and of cities 2Ki 10:

This site's exposition

return him to Amon the governor of the city

on 1 Kings 22:26-28

Micaiah stakes his whole office on the outcome: “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me”. It is the test Deuteronomy 18:22 sets for a true prophet. Micaiah calls the crowd itself to witness it before the battle: “Take heed, all you people”.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), he bade the officer carry him back, namely, to the place whence he came. We may suppose that this was he that reproved him for his clemency to Ben-hadad ( ch. xx. 38 , &c.) and for so doing was cast into prison, where he had lain these three years.

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And the king of Israel said,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Put this fellow in prison--Ahab, under the impulse of vehement resentment, remands the prophet until his return. 27, 28. bread of affliction, water of affliction--that is, the poorest prison fare.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • קַ֚חtake

    kachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מִיכָ֔יְהוּMicaiah

    mikhayehuH4321 →21 times

  • וַהֲשִׁיבֵ֖הוּand take back him

    vahashivehuH7725 →1056 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אָמֹ֣ןAmon

    ʾamonH526 →

  • שַׂר־[the] official of

    sar-H8269 →421 times

  • הָעִ֑ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • יוֹאָ֖שׁJoash

    yoashH3101 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Death of Ahab — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Ahab — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 22 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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