1-Kings - 22:14



14 Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak."

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 22:14.

Differing Translations

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And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what Jehovah shall say to me, that will I speak.
And Micaiah saith, 'Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me, it I speak.'
And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
But Micaiah said to him, "As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Micaiah, as a true prophet of Yahweh, of course rejected the counsel offered him, which he felt to be at once wicked and foolish. Compare also the resolution of Balaam, marginal reference.

And Micaiah said, as the Lord liveth,.... He swore by the living God, for the confirmation of what he was about to say:
what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak; truly and faithfully, keeping nothing back, nor adding anything, whether it be good or evil, pleasing or displeasing; it looks as if as yet he had no instruction from the Lord what to say, and yet the vision he later declares seems to have been had by him before, 1-Kings 22:17.

what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak--On the way the messenger who conducted [Micaiah] to the royal presence informed him of the tenor of the prophecies already given and recommended him to agree with the rest, no doubt from the kindly motive of seeing him released from imprisonment. But Micaiah, inflexibly faithful to his divine mission as a prophet, announced his purpose to proclaim honestly whatever God should bid him. On being asked by the king, "Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I forbear?" the prophet gave precisely the same answer as the previous oracles that had been consulted; but it must have been given in a sarcastic tone and in ironical mockery of their way of speaking. Being solemnly urged to give a serious and truthful answer, Micaiah then declared the visionary scene the Spirit had revealed to him;--

Said - What answer God shall put in to my mouth. Bravely resolved! And as became one who had an eye to a greater king than either of these.

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