2 Chronicles 18:12
in 2 Chronicles 18Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
KJV
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 18
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
let your words be like theirs
on 2 Chronicles 18:12-13
The messenger presses Micaiah: “please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably”. Micaiah answers with an oath that states his whole office, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me”. Balaam made a like pledge under a king's pressure at Numbers 22:18.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ | vehamalakh | and the messenger | H4397 → | 213 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלַ֣ךְ׀ | halakh | he had gone | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לִקְרֹ֣א | likro' | to summon | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּ | lemikhayehu | <to> Micaiah | H4321 → | 21 times |
| דִּבֶּ֤ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלָיו֙ | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הִנֵּ֞ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֧י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַנְּבִאִ֛ים | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| פֶּֽה־ | peh- | a mouth | H6310 → | 498 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| ט֖וֹב | tov | [is] good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וִֽיהִי־ | vihi- | and let it be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נָ֧א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| דְבָרְךָ֛ | devarekha | word your | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| כְּאַחַ֥ד | keachad | like one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֵהֶ֖ם | mehem | from them | ||
| וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ | vedibarta | and you will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| טּֽוֹב׃ | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
וְהַמַּלְאָ֞ךְand the messenger
vehamalakhH4397 →213 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הָלַ֣ךְ׀he had gone
halakhH1980 →1546 times
לִקְרֹ֣אto summon
likro'H7121 →733 times
לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּ<to> Micaiah
lemikhayehuH4321 →21 times
דִּבֶּ֤רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלָיו֙to him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הִנֵּ֞הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
דִּבְרֵ֧י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
הַנְּבִאִ֛יםthe prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
פֶּֽה־a mouth
peh-H6310 →498 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
ט֖וֹב[is] good
tovH2896 →538 times
אֶל־concerning
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וִֽיהִי־and let it be
vihi-H1961 →3559 times
נָ֧אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
דְבָרְךָ֛word your
devarekhaH1697 →1440 times
כְּאַחַ֥דlike one
keachadH259 →971 times
מֵהֶ֖םfrom them
mehem
וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּand you will speak
vedibartaH1696 →1141 times
טּֽוֹב׃good
tovH2896 →538 times
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
Micah 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
it leads to
- Amos 2:12
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Amos 2:12
Through
Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
it leads to
- Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Ezekiel 13:7–10
Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
- Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by…
- Amos 7:13
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- Romans 16:18
Through
Micah 2:11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Jeremiah 5:31
Through
Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are…
- Ezekiel 8:12
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
