The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.”
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The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.”
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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying: 'Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.'
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 18:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 9:2 they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
- Job 22:13 You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
- Psalms 10:11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
- Isaiah 30:10 who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
- Hosea 7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
- Amos 7:13 but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
- Micah 2:6 “Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy. “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
- Micah 2:11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;” he would be the prophet of this people.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one. “For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thinking, that whereas four hundred prophets had agreed in…
Thinking, that whereas four hundred prophets had agreed in one thing, that he being but one man and in least estimation, durst not gainsay it.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. with one assent] R.V. with one mouth (so…
12. with one assent] R.V. with one mouth (so Heb. here and 1 Kin.).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) The words of the prophets . . .…
(12) The words of the prophets . . . one assent.—See margin, and comp. Jos_9:2, “they assembled . . . to fight against Israel, one mouth “—i.e., with one consent.)
Probably instead of dibhrê, “words,” we should read dibbĕrû, “they said,” a far slighter change in Hebrew writing than in English: “Behold the prophets have with one mouth spoken good unto (or, of) the king.” So LXX.
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Like one of their’s.—Literally, like one of them. Kings, like the word of one of them.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This verse bespeaks very clearly the rotten condition of…
This verse bespeaks very clearly the rotten condition of Church and state, prophets and king and "officers" (ver. 8).
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Translate this man's name the same as in 2…
Micaiah
Translate this man's name the same as in 2 Chronicles 17:7. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Look
"Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
the words of the prophets with one mouth are favorable to the king
The prophets all saying the same thing is spoken of as if they all spoke with the same mouth. The phrase "the words of the prophets" represents the message that the prophets declare. AT: "the prophets all declare that good things will happen to the king" (See: Metaphor)
your words
"what you say"
As Yahweh lives
"as surely as Yahweh is alive." The people use this expression to show that what they say next is certainly true. This is a way of making a solemn promise. AT: "I solemnly swear" (See: Idiom)
or not
The understood information may be supplied. AT: "or should we not go" (See: Ellipsis)
should we go
The word "we" refers to Ahab, Jehoshaphat, and their armies but not to Micaiah. (See: Exclusive and Inclusive "We")
translationWords
messenger
prophet
Yahweh
God
Ramoth
Gilead
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