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2 Chronicles 18:7

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The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

KJV

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 18

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

he never prophesies anything good

on 2 Chronicles 18:7-9

Ahab states his objection to Micaiah before sending for him: “I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad”. Jehoshaphat rebukes him: “The king should not say that”. In the Targum, Clarke records, Jehoshaphat prays at the gate while the false prophets prophesy lies.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those do best for themselves that give their friends leave, and particularly their ministers, to deal plainly and faithfully with them, and take their reproofs not only patiently, but kindly. That counsel is not always best for us that is most pleasing to us.

The words behind it

33 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.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל׀Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶֽל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡טJehoshaphat

    yehoshafatH3092 →84 times

  • ע֣וֹדstill

    odH5750 →490 times

  • אִישׁ־a man

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • אֶחָ֡דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • לִדְרוֹשׁ֩to consult

    lidrovoshH1875 →164 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוָ֨הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מֵֽאֹת֜וֹfrom <obj.> him

    meotoH853 →10935 times

  • וַאֲנִ֣יand I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • שְׂנֵאתִ֗יהוּI hate him

    senetihuH8130 →146 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אֵ֠ינֶנּוּnot he

    ʾeinenuH369 →789 times

  • מִתְנַבֵּ֨א[is] prophesying

    mitnabe'H5012 →115 times

  • עָלַ֤יon me

    ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times

  • לְטוֹבָה֙<to> good

    letovahH2896 →538 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יָמָ֣יוdays his

    yamavH3117 →2304 times

  • לְרָעָ֔ה<to> evil

    leraahH7451 →662 times

  • ה֖וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • מִיכָ֣יְהוּ[is] Micaiah

    mikhayehuH4321 →21 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִמְלָ֑אImlah

    yimla'H3229 →

  • וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טJehoshaphat

    yehooshafatH3092 →84 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יֹאמַ֥רhe say

    yomarH559 →5305 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • כֵּֽן׃thus

    kenH3651 →771 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

    Luke 6:22

    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 5:10–12

      Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    • Matthew 10:22

      You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

    • 1 Peter 4:12–16

      Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    • 1 Peter 3:14

      But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

    • 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15

      For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

  • Through

    1 Kings 18:17

    When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

    it leads to

    • Joshua 7:25

      “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

  • Through

    Amos 5:10

    There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:8

      The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son…

    • Isaiah 29:21

      those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.