2 Chronicles 18:24
in 2 Chronicles 18Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
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ASV
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
KJV
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 18
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
smote Micaiah upon the cheek
on 2 Chronicles 18:23-24
Zedekiah's blow and his taunt, which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee, assumes his own prophesying carried the Spirit and Micaiah's could not. Micaiah does not argue the point; he answers with a forward word instead, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself, a private reckoning promised for a public lie. The exchange matches 1 Ki 22:24-25 without variation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מִיכָ֔יְהוּ | mikhayehu | Micaiah | H4321 → | 21 times |
| הִנְּךָ֥ | hinekha | here you | H2005 → | 316 times |
| רֹאֶ֖ה | roeh | [will be] seeing | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֑וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תָּב֛וֹא | tavo' | you will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חֶ֥דֶר | cheder | a room | H2315 → | 38 times |
| בְּחֶ֖דֶר | becheder | in a room | H2315 → | 38 times |
| לְהֵחָבֵֽא׃ | lehechave' | to hide yourself | H2244 → | 33 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מִיכָ֔יְהוּMicaiah
mikhayehuH4321 →21 times
הִנְּךָ֥here you
hinekhaH2005 →316 times
רֹאֶ֖ה[will be] seeing
roehH7200 →1300 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֑וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhen
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תָּב֛וֹאyou will go
tavo'H935 →2568 times
חֶ֥דֶרa room
chederH2315 →38 times
בְּחֶ֖דֶרin a room
bechederH2315 →38 times
לְהֵחָבֵֽא׃to hide yourself
lehechave'H2244 →33 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
Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
it leads to
- Psalms 30:5
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Psalms 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Isaiah 54:7–8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- Psalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- Psalms 30:5
Through
1 Kings 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 22:25
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 1 Kings 22:25
Through
Jeremiah 29:32this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 28:16
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- 2 Kings 7:19–20
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your…
- Jeremiah 28:16
About 2 Chronicles

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