1 Kings 22:16
14 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
15 When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
17 So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
18 Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
- KJV
- And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
- WEB
- The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”
- ASV
- And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?
- DARBY
- And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?
- BLB
- And the king said to him, “Up to how many times shall I make you swear that you speak nothing to me but the truth in the name of YHWH?”
- ÅB
- Men kongen sa til ham: Hvor mange ganger skal jeg besverge deg at du ikke skal tale annet til meg enn sannhet i Herrens navn?
- OTB
- Kongen sa da til ham: "Hvor mange ganger må jeg insistere på at du bare taler sannhet i Herrens navn?"
- B1930
- Men kongen sa til ham: Hvor mange ganger skal jeg besverge dig at du ikke skal tale annet til mig enn sannhet i Herrens navn?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 5:7
And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
Read in contextActs 19:13
Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
Read in contextJoshua 6:26
At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
Read in contextMatthew 22:16–17
They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
Read in context2 Chronicles 18:15
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
Read in context1 Samuel 14:24
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
Read in contextJeremiah 42:3–6
Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
Read in contextMatthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
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