1 Kings 22:9
in 1 Kings 22So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.
KJV
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
⋯
This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThen the king of Israel called an officer,.... An eunuch, as the word is sometimes used, one of pages: and said, hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah; who, as it seems from 1Ki 22:26 was in prison, where perhaps Ahab had cast him for his last prophecy to him, and where he had lain ever since; and this gives a reason why he could so readily send for him, knowing where he was.
This site's exposition
Hasten hither Micaiah the son
on 1 Kings 22:9-10
An officer is sent for Micaiah while the two kings take their seats in full royal robes at the gate of Samaria, a threshingfloor turned into a staged court with all the prophets performing before them. The scene is built for spectacle before Micaiah ever arrives.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Micaiah - It seems, he had imprisoned him; for ver. 26, he bids the officer carry him back, namely to the place where he was before. Probably this was he that had reproved him, for letting Ben-hadad go: And for that, had lain in prison three years. But this did not make him less confident, or less faithful in delivering his message.
quarantine:anchor (2026-07-29) — cites-ver-26-anchored-9-9
Note, Those are wretchedly hardened in sin, and are ripening apace for ruin, who hate God's ministers because they deal plainly with them and faithfully warn them of their misery and danger by reason of sin, and reckon those their enemies that tell them the truth.
But his imprisonment had not excluded him for divine visits: the spirit of prophecy continued with him there. He was bound, but the word of the Lord was not. Nor did it in the lease abate his courage, nor make him less confident or faithful in delivering his message.
They were attended with a crowd of flattering prophets, that could not think of prophesying any thing but what was very sweet and very smooth to two such glorious princes now in confederacy. Those that love to be flattered shall not want flatterers. Micaiah is pressed by the officer that fetches him to follow the cry,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
An officer - More properly, as in the margin, “a eunuch.” Eunuchs seem to have been first introduced among the Israelites by David (1Ch 28:1 note). They were a natural accompaniment of the seraglio of Solomon. The present passage is the first which shows that, after the separation of the kingdom, the kings of Israel employed them (compare 2Ki 8:6; 2Ki 9:32).
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The king of Israel called an officer - סריס saris, literally a eunuch; probably a foreigner, for it was not lawful to disgrace an Israelite by reducing him to such a state.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָא֙ | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| סָרִ֖יס | saris | a court-official | H5631 → | |
| אֶחָ֑ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַהֲרָ֖ה | maharah | bring quickly ! | H4116 → | 68 times |
| מִיכָ֥יְהוּ | mikhayehu | Micaiah | H4321 → | 21 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִמְלָֽה׃ | yimlah | Imlah | H3229 → |
וַיִּקְרָא֙and he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
סָרִ֖יסa court-official
sarisH5631 →
אֶחָ֑דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מַהֲרָ֖הbring quickly !
maharahH4116 →68 times
מִיכָ֥יְהוּMicaiah
mikhayehuH4321 →21 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
יִמְלָֽה׃Imlah
yimlahH3229 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 39:7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
it leads to
- Daniel 1:1–7
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 24:12
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him…
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and…
- Daniel 1:1–7
Through
2 Chronicles 18:8So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 8:15
He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1
Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials…
- Daniel 1:7–8
The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
- 1 Samuel 8:15
Through
2 Kings 9:32He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
it leads to
- Esther 2:21
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- Exodus 32:26
So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
- Esther 2:21
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.