A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
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A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
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And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
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And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 22:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 22:23 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.”
- Job 1:6-7 Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them. Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
- Job 2:1 Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Here we see that though the devil be ever…
Here we see that though the devil be ever ready to bring us to destruction, yet he hath no further power than God giveth him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and…
1Ki 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
Ver. 21. And there came forth a spirit.] An evil spirit, haply, from the left hand of God’s throne.
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I will persuade him.] {See Trapp on "1Ki 22:6"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain An evil spirit came out of the knot or…
An evil spirit came out of the knot or company of them, standing possibly on the left hand, and presented himself before the throne, as having something to say to the Lord.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near,.... Stepped…
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near,.... Stepped in haste and passion from the place where he was:
and smote Micaiah on the cheek; in contempt of him, and to show his indignation at what he said; this he did in open court, before two kings; one he believed would favour and screen him in this lawless action, and the other, out of his own jurisdiction, had not courage and presence of mind to resent it:
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and said, which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee? hereby boasting that he had the Spirit of the Lord, and was directed by him in what he said, and still remained with him, and could not possibly go to Micaiah, and suggest the very reverse; and therefore pertly asks him which way the spirit went, intimating that it was impossible he could steer a course contrary to himself.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A spirit - An evil spirit came, and presented…
A spirit - An evil spirit came, and presented himself before the throne.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A spirit - “The spirit “ - which some…
A spirit - “The spirit “ - which some explain as “the evil spirit” - i. e. Satan; others as simply “the spirit” who should “persuade.”
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. There came forth a spirit — Literally, the…
21. There came forth a spirit — Literally, the spirit; that is, the particular spirit that served as the agent of Divine judgment in this judicial blinding of Ahab’s heart. This spirit was but one of that vast host of evil powers whose ministry so largely affects the children of disobedience. This scene before the throne of the Lord is in perfect keeping with that recorded in Job_1:6-12. it is not merely vision and parable, but, in harmony with other Scriptures, opens to us the knowledge of a vast host of unseen spirits, going to and fro seeking whom they may destroy, (2 Peter 5:8,) yet all held in check, and often, if not always, used by Jehovah himself to execute his wise and holy purposes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. And there came forth a spirit] The Hebrew…
21. And there came forth a spirit] The Hebrew has ‘the spirit’ as is noted on the margin of the R.V. It seems therefore to imply some definite power which imparted to prophets their gifts; the prophetic spirit. That God allowed this power to delude Ahab was because of the king’s persistence in evil. God therefore gives him over to it, and causes the prophets whom he has chosen for himself, to the rejection of Micaiah and such as he, to be the instruments of his destruction. Thus when Isaiah is sent to rebellious Israel (Isa_6:10) his mission is described as of this nature. God says to him ‘Make the heart of this people fat and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts.’ In this wise and with like effect comes the spirit from God into the mouths of Ahab’s four hundred.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) A spirit.—It should be the spirit. The definite…
(21) A spirit.—It should be the spirit. The definite article is explained by some, perhaps rather weakly, as simply anticipatory of the description which follows. Others take the phrase to signify “the spirit of prophecy,” a kind of emanation from the Godhead, looked upon as the medium of the prophetic inspiration, which is an expression conceivable, but certainly unprecedented. Perhaps without introducing into this passage the distinct idea of “the Satan,” i.e., the enemy, which we find in Job 1, 2; 1Ch_21:1; Zec_3:1-2. it may be best to interpret it by the conception, common to all religions recognising the terrible existence of evil in the world, of a spiritual power of evil (called euphemistically, “the spirit”) overruled to work out the judgments of God. The absolute subordination of such spirits of evil in every notice of them in the Old Testament precludes all danger of the monstrous dualism of so many Eastern religions. The reference of the power of divination to such spirits is found in the New Testament also. (See Act_16:16-18.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And there came forth a spirit Heb. the spirit.…
And there came forth a spirit Heb. the spirit. By some, especially of the earlier commentators, understood of the evil spirit. But the view now generally adopted (Thenius, Keil, Bahr) is that "the spirit of prophecy" is meant, "the power which, going forth from God and taking possession of a man, makes him a prophet. (1Sa_10:6, 10 19:20, 23) The aybn; is the jWrh vyai" (Hos_9:7) Bahr. This power is here personified, and stood before the Lord, and said, I emphatic in the Hebrew will persuade or entice him.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 be a lying spirit in the mouth of all…
be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets
Here the word "spirit" refers to the attitudes of the prophets and the words "the mouth" represents what they will say. AT: "cause all his prophets to speak lies" (See: Metonymy)
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"pay attention, because what I am about to say is both true and important"
has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours
Here the word "spirit" refers to the attitudes of the prophets and the words "the mouth" represents what they will say. AT: "has caused all of your prophets to speak lies" (See: Metonymy)
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