All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
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All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying: 'Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 22:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 22:6-15 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?” The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.” Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah.” Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’ ” All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.” The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good.” Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.” When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?” He answered him, “Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:32-36 When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded.” The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
- 2 Chronicles 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying,…
1Ki 22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the king’s hand.
Ver. 12. And all the prophets prophesied so.] These were fit handles for such a hatchet as Ahab was; fit lettuce for such lips; dignum patella operculum. Itching ears shall have clawing preachers.
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For the Lord shall deliver it.] See on 1Ki 22:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So he came to the king,.... Being introduced by…
So he came to the king,.... Being introduced by the officer:
and the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go up against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? the same question in the same words that was put to the other prophets, Kg1 22:6, only there he uses the singular number, here the plural, including Jehoshaphat with him:
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and he answered him, go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king; he answered not in the name of the Lord, saying, "thus saith the Lord", nor did he speak his own sense and in his own words, nor seriously, but by way of derision; he took up the words of the prophets, and bantered them; it is as if he should say, the prophets bid you go, and tell you that you shall "prosper", and that the city will be delivered into the king's hand; do as they direct you, and see what the issue will be, no doubt it will be good, since they are all agreed; but he delivered the above words with such gestures, and such a tone, and with a contemptuous smile in his countenance, which showed that he spoke not seriously, but sarcastically; and this the king plainly discovered, as appears by what follows.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. The Lord shall deliver it into the king’s…
12. The Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand — This announcement was ambiguous, like the heathen oracles, and capable of different explanations, for it did not distinctly designate whether the king of Israel or the king of Syria would be the victor. Micaiah, when called, uttered the same words, (1Ki_22:15;) and by his manner of voice and look imitated the irony of Elijah at Carmel, (1Ki_18:27,) as if to suggest to Ahab how misleading and unworthy of Jehovah was such an ambiguous oracle.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. into the king’s hand] R.V. into the hand…
12. into the king’s hand] R.V. into the hand of the king. A change made to shew that the words are just the same as in 1Ki_22:6. The LXX. adds here ‘even the king of Syria.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) For the Lord shall deliver it.—The prophets, led…
(12) For the Lord shall deliver it.—The prophets, led by Zedekiah, now venture to use the Name of Jehovah, from which they had at first shrunk. The description, however, of their united reiteration of the cry, evidently with increasing excitement, reminds us of the repeated “O Baal, hear us” of Mount Carmel, and stands in similar contrast with the calm, stern utterance of the true prophet.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And all the prophets prophesied Heb. were prophesying so,…
And all the prophets prophesied Heb. were prophesying so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper a Hebraism for "thou wilt prosper." Gesenius, Gram. 2, cites parallels in Genesis Pro_20:13; Psa_37:27; Job_22:21; Isa_8:9 Isa_29:9, and reminds us that in the Latin divide et impera we have the same idiom for the Lord tall speak in His name now, hoping thus to satisfy the king of Judah shall deliver it into the king"s hand.
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