Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
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Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
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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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And Micaiah said: 'Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.'
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 18:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.
- Isaiah 26:11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
- Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
- Jeremiah 28:16-17 Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’ ” So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- Jeremiah 29:21-22 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will kill them before your eyes. A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
- Jeremiah 29:32 therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. He will not have a man to dwell among this people. He won’t see the good that I will do to my people,” says Yahweh, “because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.” ’ ”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. Behold, thou shalt see] Micaiah answers Zedekiah’s gibe…
24. Behold, thou shalt see] Micaiah answers Zedekiah’s gibe with the verb “see” (rather than “know”) because of its double meaning, “Behold, thou shalt be a seer, thou shalt possess the power of vision” when it is too late.
go into an inner chamber] “Seek safety in hiding from enemies”; cp. 1Ki_20:30 (same Heb. phrase).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) Thou shalt see.—Thou art to see, or, destined…
(24) Thou shalt see.—Thou art to see, or, destined to see, on that day when thou shalt enter a chamber in a chamber to hide thyself (lĕhçchâbçh”, correctly. Kings, lĕhçchâbçh). Zedekiah’s further history is not recorded—an indication, as Ewald justly observes, that the original narrative contained much more than the present extract from it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So also, probably, this verse would purport to tell…
So also, probably, this verse would purport to tell us beforehand distinctly what is not told after the issue of the battle and Ahab"s death, that Zedekiah and his co-prophets did what they could, however vainly, to hide and to elude the vengeance of Jezebel (1Ki_20:30 1Ki_22:25; 2Ki_9:2)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.