From me.. to thee] Zedekiah claimed to be inspired by the Lord (1 Kings 22:11), And therefore challenged micaiah to explain how he, likewise professing to speak in the name of the Lord, could utter a prophecy of such different tenor.
Verse 24. _WHICH WAY WENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD FROM ME_] This is an expression of as great insolence as the act was of brutal aggression. "Did the Spirit of the Lord, who rests solely upon me, cond...
SMOTE MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK - As Micaiah had been brought from prison 1 Kings 22:26, it is probable that his hands were bound. The prophet, thus standing before the great ones of the earth, bound and h...
CHAPTER 22 THE DEATH OF AHAB _ 1. Jehoshaphat and Ahab (1 Kings 22:1)_ 2. The prophet Micaiah (1 Kings 22:13) 3. The battle and Ahab's death (1 Kings 22:29) 4. Jehoshaphat of Judah ...
AHAB'S ATTACK ON RAMOTH-GILEAD AND HIS DEATH. The death of Ahab must have taken place before or during the year 854 B.C., when the battle of Qarqara was fought, and his name is mentioned in the Assyri...
WHICH WAY. ? or, Which way then?...
_But Zedekiah … went_[R.V. CAME] _near_ The verb is the same as in 1 Kings 20:13. See note there. Josephus has a great expansion of the narrative at this point, which leads up to the blow given to Mi...
B. THE PROPHECY OF MICAIAH 22:13-28 TRANSLATION (13) Now the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah had said unto him, saying, Behold now the words of the prophets are unanimously good toward the k...
_BUT ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF CHENAANAH WENT NEAR, AND SMOTE MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK, AND SAID, WHICH WAY WENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD FROM ME TO SPEAK UNTO THEE?_ Zedekiah ... smote Micaiah on the cheek. The...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 THE *PROPHET MICAIAH V1 There was peace between Syria and *Israel for almost three years. V2 In the third year Jehoshaphat, king of *...
SMOTE MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK. — The act is not only the expression of contempt (see Isaiah 1:6; Micah 5:1; Matthew 5:39), but of professed indignation at words of blasphemy against God, or of contempt f...
וַ יִּגַּשׁ֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶֽן ־כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה וַ...
ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD 1 Kings 22:1 "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesied lies in My name...
WHAT JEHOVAH SAITH… THAT WILL I SPEAK 1 Kings 22:13 Ramoth was one of the cities of refuge, situated across the Jordan. The false prophets spake as they knew would please the king and gain the popula...
The final movement in the downfall of Ahab is here chronicled. Jehoshaphat visited Ahab, who suggested the alliance against the king of Syria. Jehoshaphat suggested an appeal to Jehovah. Ahab produced...
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (s) Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? (s) Thus the wicked would that none were i...
Cheek. Josephus says he had told the king, that if his hand did not wither, like that of Jeroboam, he might conclude that Micheas was a false prophet; particularly as his prediction was at variance wi...
(24) But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? (25) And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
The last chapter presents another element of this history, namely, the guilty alliances which were formed between the royal families of Israel and Judah. Both of them prosperous at this period, they s...
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 s...
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? Ver. 24. _And smote Micaiah on the cheek._] In...
_But Zedekiah went near_ The chief of the false prophets, who was much in the king's favour. _Which way went the Spirit of the Lord,_ &c. In what manner went it? Contemptuous language as well as behav...
1 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slaine at Ramoth Gilead. 37 The dogges licke vp his blood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 Iehoshaphats good reigne, 45 his act...
But Zedekiab, the son of Chenaanah, who had heard this explanation, WENT NEAR, AND SMOTE MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK, AND SAID, WHICH WAY WENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD FROM ME TO SPEAK UNTO THEE? He challenged...
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...
AHAB WARNED BUT DETERMINED (vs.1-28) Three years later the show of repentance on Ahab's part had worn off. There had been no war between Israel and Syria, but rather than leaving matters as they were...
15-28 The greatest kindness we can do to one that is going in a dangerous way, is, to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened criminal without excuse, and to give a useful lesson to others, Mic...
ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF CHENAANAH; the chief of the false prophets, who was much in the king's favour, upon which he now presumed. SMOTE MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK, in way of contempt and scorn, Job 16:10 Jerem...
1 Kings 22:24 Zedekiah H6667 son H1121 Chenaanah H3668 near H5066 (H8799) struck H5221 (H8686) Micaiah H4321 chee
THE FINAL FATE OF AHAB IS SEALED (1 KINGS 22:1). As we have seen, prophets have featured all through Ahab's reign, and here they feature to the end. Ahab could never argue that he had not been given...
AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT UNITE TO REGAIN RAMOTH-GILEAD FOR ISRAEL AND AHAB LEARNS FROM A PROPHET OF YHWH THAT THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BUT THAT HE WILL DIE IN THE ATTEMPT (1 KINGS 22:1). Ahab's life has be...
CONTENTS: Alliance of Ahab and Jehosophat. Ahab's ultimate defeat. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat, Ahab, Micaiah, Zedekiah, Syrian king, false prophets, Ahaziah. CONCLUSION: He who joins himself in af...
1 Kings 22:2. _Jehoshaphat_ had married his son Jehoram to Athaliah, daughter of Jezebel; probably from the idea that the connection would prevent internal war for the future: oh fatal mistake! 1 King...
_Jehoshaphat the King of Judah._ CHARACTER OF JEHOSHAPHAT In Ahab we have an instance of a wicked man partially reclaimed, frequently arrested, but yet finally hardened in his iniquity. In Jehoshapha...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:1 Although the house of Ahab is under a prophetic curse, the complete fulfillment of the prophecy will be delayed until the reign of Ahab’s son (see 1 Kings 21:27). Howev
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:24 HOW DID THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GO FROM ME TO SPEAK TO YOU? Zedekiah says that he has been influenced by “the Spirit of the LORD,” who cannot give contradictory advice
THE DEATH OF AHAB CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 22:2. JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH CAME DOWN TO THE KING OF ISRAEL—This visit is accounted for in Chronicles (chap. 1 Kings 18:1): Jehoshap...
EXPOSITION THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH....
So they went for three years without war between Syria and Israel. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat who was the king of the southern tribes Judah, he came up to visit Ahab. And...
1 Kings 22:11; 2 Chronicles 18:23; 2 Chronicles 18:24; Acts 23:2;...
Zedekiah — The chief of the false prophets, who was much in the king's favour. Which way — In what manner went it? Forasmuch as I and my brethren have consulted the Lord, and have the same spirit whic...