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2 Chronicles 18:12

in 2 Chronicles 18

Then 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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 18

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This 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 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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.

  • Through

    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.

    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.”

  • Through

    Micah 2:11

    If 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?

  • Through

    Psalms 10:11

    He 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…

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

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