1 Kings 22:25
23 So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
26 And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
27 and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- KJV
- And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
- WEB
- Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- ASV
- And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
- DARBY
- And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
- BLB
- And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner chamber to hide.”
- ÅB
- Mika svarte: Det skal du få se den dag du flykter fra kammer til kammer for å skjule deg.
- OTB
- Mika svarte: "Du vil oppdage det den dagen du går for å gjemme deg i et indre rom."
- B1930
- Mika svarte: Det skal du få se den dag du flykter fra kammer til kammer for å skjule dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 20:30
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Read in contextRevelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:14–16
So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
Read in contextAmos 7:17
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
Read in contextJeremiah 29:32
this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
Read in contextJeremiah 23:15
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
Read in contextJeremiah 28:16–17
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
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