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2 Chronicles 18:23

in 2 Chronicles 18

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?

KJV

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

This verse in 2 Chronicles 18

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

struck Micaiah in the face

on 2 Chronicles 18:23-24

Zedekiah strikes Micaiah and asks, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you”. The taunt assumes the Spirit spoke through Zedekiah and could not speak through Micaiah. The exchange matches 1 Kings 22:24-25.

The words behind it

19 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.

  • וַיִּגַּשׁ֙and he drew near

    vaiyigashH5066 →125 times

  • צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּZedekiah

    tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times

  • בֶֽן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • כְּנַעֲנָ֔הKenaanah

    kenaanahH3668 →

  • וַיַּ֥ךְand he struck

    vaiyakhH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מִיכָ֖יְהוּMicaiah

    mikhayehuH4321 →21 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַלֶּ֑חִיthe cheek

    halechiH3895 →

  • וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵ֣יwhere?

    ʾeiH335 →

  • זֶ֤הthis

    zehH2088 →1180 times

  • הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙[is] the way

    haderekhH1870 →707 times

  • עָבַ֧ר[which] it passed

    ʾavarH5674 →556 times

  • רֽוּחַ־[the] spirit of

    ruach-H7307 →378 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מֵאִתִּ֖יfrom with me

    meitiH854 →929 times

  • לְדַבֵּ֥רto speak

    ledaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֹתָֽךְ׃with you

    ʾotakhH854 →929 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

    Lamentations 3:30

    Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 50:6

      I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Job 16:10

      They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 26:67

      Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

    • Matthew 5:39

      But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

  • Through

    Mark 14:65

    Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

    it leads to

    • John 19:3

      And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 26:67–68

      Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

    • Acts 23:2

      At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

  • Through

    Micah 5:1

    Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

    it leads to

    • Lamentations 3:30

      Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

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 John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.