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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 22:19

米該雅說:“因此,你要聽耶和華的話;我看見耶和華坐在他的寶座上,天上的萬軍都侍立在他的左右。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahab;   Armies;   Micaiah;   Reproof;   Vision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies;   Armies of Israel, the;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Hosts;   Jehoshaphat;   Micah;   Ramoth-gilead;   Satan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel;   Demon;   God, Names of;   Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies;   Word;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Canon of the Old Testament;   Chenaanah;   Hananiah;   Sabaoth, Lord of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Ancient of Days;   Archangel;   Council, Heavenly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Host of Heaven;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Micaiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Host of Heaven;   Jehoshaphat;   Kingdom of God;   Lie, Lying;   Lord of Hosts;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels (2);   Satan (2);   Session;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Micaiah ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   Judah the kingdom of;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Mica'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Angel;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Host of Heaven;   Micaiah;   Throne;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
米 该 雅 说 : 你 要 听 耶 和 华 的 话 ! 我 看 见 耶 和 华 坐 在 宝 座 上 , 天 上 的 万 军 侍 立 在 他 左 右 。

Contextual Overview

15 When Micaiah came to Ahab, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth in Gilead or not?" Micaiah answered, "Attack and win! The Lord will hand them over to you." 16 But Ahab said to Micaiah, "How many times do I have to tell you to speak only the truth to me in the name of the Lord ?" 17 So Micaiah answered, "I saw the army of Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘They have no leaders. They should go home and not fight.'" 18 Then Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I told you! He never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad." 19 But Micaiah said, "Hear the message from the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with his heavenly army standing near him on his right and on his left. 20 The Lord said, ‘Who will trick Ahab into attacking Ramoth in Gilead where he will be killed?' "Some said one thing; some said another. 21 Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.' 22 "The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?' "The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab's prophets and make them tell lies.' "So the Lord said, ‘You will succeed in tricking him. Go and do it.'" 23 Micaiah said, "Ahab, the Lord has made your prophets lie to you, and the Lord has decided that disaster should come to you." 24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up to Micaiah and slapped him in the face. Zedekiah said, "Has the Lord 's spirit left me to speak through you?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hear thou: Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 28:14, Jeremiah 2:4, Jeremiah 29:20, Jeremiah 42:15, Ezekiel 13:2, Amos 7:16

I saw the Lord: Micaiah evidently gives here an account of what appeared to him in a vision: many of the circumstances must be considered as parabolical; for truth, rather than facts, is revealed in such representations. 2 Chronicles 18:18-22, Isaiah 6:1-3, Ezekiel 1:26-28, Daniel 7:9, Daniel 7:10, Acts 7:55, Acts 7:56, Revelation 4:2, Revelation 4:3

all the host: Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Psalms 103:20, Psalms 103:21, Isaiah 6:2, Isaiah 6:3, Zechariah 1:10, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 25:31, Hebrews 1:7, Hebrews 1:14, Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 5:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:10 - saw 2 Kings 7:1 - Elisha said 2 Kings 20:16 - Hear Nehemiah 9:6 - the host Psalms 84:1 - O Lord Proverbs 28:4 - but Isaiah 66:4 - will choose Jeremiah 7:2 - Hear Jeremiah 10:1 - General Jeremiah 22:2 - Hear Jeremiah 44:24 - Hear Ezekiel 16:35 - hear Daniel 4:17 - by the Hosea 4:1 - Hear Amos 3:7 - but Amos 8:4 - Hear Zechariah 3:4 - those Zechariah 6:5 - go Matthew 21:33 - Hear Mark 10:37 - sit Luke 2:13 - a multitude Acts 7:49 - Heaven Revelation 16:14 - the spirits

Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.
Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
Judges 20:1
So all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, joined together before the Lord in the city of Mizpah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he saith, hear thou therefore the word of the Lord,.... Since he had represented what he had said as proceeding from hatred to him, he would make it clear and plain that what he had said was the word of the Lord, and according to his mind; and that what the other prophets had said was owing to a lying spirit in them, which the Lord suffered for his ruin; all which are represented as in a vision, in which things are brought down to the capacities of men, and not as really transacted:

I saw the Lord sitting on his throne; so it was represented to his mind, as if he had seen with his bodily eyes the divine Being in a glorious form, as a king sitting on his throne, to do justice and judgment; as Ahab and Jehoshaphat were now sitting on their thrones, only as a far greater King, even the King of kings, and in a more splendid manner:

and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left the ministering angels ready to do his will.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

David’s Psalms had familiarised the Israelites with Yahweh sitting upon a throne in the heavens (Psalms 9:7; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 45:6; Psalms 103:19, etc.); but to be allowed to see in vision the ineffable glory of the Almighty thus seated, was a rare favor. It was granted to Isaiah, to Daniel (marginal references), to Ezekiel Ezekiel 1:26, and in Christian times to Stephen Acts 7:56, and John Revelation 4:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 22:19. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne — This is a mere parable, and only tells in figurative language, what was in the womb of providence, the events which were shortly to take place, the agents employed in them, and the permission on the part of God for these agents to act. Micaiah did not choose to say before this angry and impious king, "Thy prophets are all liars; and the devil, the father of lies, dwells in them;" but he represents the whole by this parable, and says the same truths in language as forcible, but less offensive.


 
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