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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 22:8

以色列王對約沙法說:“還有一個人,我們可以託他求問耶和華。不過我憎恨他,因為他對我說的預言,都是凶話,不是吉話。這人就是音拉的兒子米該雅。”但約沙法說:“請王不要這麼說。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Micaiah;   Prophets;   Reproof;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Hatred;   Jehoshaphat;   Leaders;   Love-Hatred;   Micaiah;   Prophets;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Hatred;   Prophets;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Hatred;   Jehoshaphat;   Micah;   Prophecy, prophet;   Ramoth-gilead;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Micah;   Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Imla;   Micaiah;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Imla;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Micaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Imla;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Imla, Imlah ;   Micaiah ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Micaiah;   Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mica'iah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - War;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Imla;   Micah (2);   Micaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 色 列 王 对 约 沙 法 说 : 还 有 一 个 人 , 是 音 拉 的 儿 子 米 该 雅 , 我 们 可 以 托 他 求 问 耶 和 华 。 只 是 我 恨 他 ; 因 为 他 指 着 我 所 说 的 预 言 , 不 说 吉 语 , 单 说 凶 言 。 约 沙 法 说 : 王 不 必 这 样 说 。

Contextual Overview

1 For three years there was peace between Israel and Aram. 2 During the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to visit Ahab king of Israel. 3 At that time Ahab asked his officers, "Do you remember that the king of Aram took Ramoth in Gilead from us? Why have we done nothing to get it back?" 4 So Ahab asked King Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth in Gilead?" "I will go with you," Jehoshaphat answered. "My soldiers are yours, and my horses are yours." 5 Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, "But first we should ask if this is the Lord 's will." 6 Ahab called about four hundred prophets together and asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?" They answered, "Go, because the Lord will hand them over to you." 7 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there a prophet of the Lord here? Let's ask him what we should do." 8 Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." Jehoshaphat said, "King Ahab, you shouldn't say that!" 9 So Ahab king of Israel told one of his officers to bring Micaiah to him at once. 10 Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah had on their royal robes and were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor, near the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were standing before them, speaking their messages.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

yet one man: 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, 1 Kings 20:41, 1 Kings 20:42

but I hate him: 1 Kings 22:27, 1 Kings 20:43, 1 Kings 21:20, Genesis 37:8, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 34:21, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 15:12, Isaiah 49:7, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 20:10, Jeremiah 43:3, Jeremiah 43:4, Amos 5:10, Zechariah 11:8, Matthew 10:22, John 3:19-21, John 7:7, John 15:18, John 15:19, John 17:14, Galatians 4:16, Revelation 11:7-10

good: 1 Kings 22:13, Isaiah 30:10, Jeremiah 38:4, Micah 2:11

concerning me: 1 Kings 20:35-42, 2 Kings 9:22, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 57:19-21

Let not the: 1 Kings 21:27-29, Proverbs 5:12-14, Micah 2:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:6 - I wot 2 Samuel 12:13 - David 1 Kings 14:6 - for I am 1 Kings 16:33 - did more to provoke 1 Kings 20:22 - the prophet 1 Kings 22:18 - Did I not tell 1 Kings 22:23 - and the Lord 2 Kings 1:9 - sent unto 2 Kings 6:31 - if the head 2 Kings 22:13 - inquire Proverbs 15:10 - grievous Proverbs 29:10 - The bloodthirsty Ecclesiastes 4:13 - will no more be Jeremiah 15:10 - a man Jeremiah 28:8 - prophesied Jeremiah 36:23 - he cut Amos 2:11 - I raised Matthew 5:12 - for so Mark 11:18 - feared Luke 6:23 - for in Luke 11:45 - thou John 3:20 - every Acts 5:28 - intend 2 Timothy 4:3 - they will Revelation 11:10 - these Revelation 22:15 - whosoever

Cross-References

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? No! I will return to you at the right time a year from now, and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham returned to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Genesis 22:20
After these things happened, someone told Abraham: "Your brother Nahor and his wife Milcah have children now.
2 Chronicles 25:9
Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what about the seventy-five hundred pounds of silver I paid to the Israelite army?" The man of God answered, "The Lord can give you much more than that."
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, "For people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36
When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
Revelation 5:6
Then I saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne and in the middle of the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb looked as if he had been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that were sent into all the world.
Revelation 5:12
saying in a loud voice: "The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive power, wealth, wisdom, and strength, honor, glory, and praise!"
Revelation 7:14
I answered, "You know, sir." And the elder said to me, "These are the people who have come out of the great distress. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man (Micaiah the son of Imlah), by whom we may inquire of the Lord,.... And but one in Samaria; Elijah and Elisha were elsewhere:

but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy of good concerning me, but evil; who is thought to be the same that was several times with him when engaged in the war with the king of Syria, 1 Kings 20:13 and each time, excepting the last, he brought him good tidings; but because, in his last message, he told him, that, since he had let Benhadad go, his life should go for his life, and his people for his people, for that he hated him:

and Jehoshaphat said, let not the king say so; which was very modestly, though perhaps too gently, said; suggesting that the prophets of the Lord should be heard, respected, and honoured, let their message be as it would, since they spake not of their own mind and will, but what they were moved unto by the Spirit of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is yet one man, Micaiah - Elijah, it appears, had withdrawn again after the events of the last chapter, and there was no known prophet of Yahweh within reach of Samaria except Micaiah.

He doth not prophesy good concerning me but evil - Whether the tradition in 1 Kings 20:41 note be true or not, it is certain that Ahab had imprisoned him 1 Kings 22:26, and probable that the imprisonment was on account of threatening prophecies. Ahab suggests to Jehoshaphat that Micaiah is one who allows his private feelings to determine the utterances which he delivers as if from Yahweh. Hence, the force of Jehoshaphat’s answer, “Let not the king say so;” i. e., “Let not the king suppose that a prophet would be guilty of such impiety,” - an impiety from which even Balaam shrank Numbers 22:18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 22:8. Micaiah the son of Imlah — The Jews suppose that it was this prophet who reproved Ahab for dismissing Ben-hadad, 1 Kings 20:35, &c. And that it was because of the judgments with which he had threatened him, that Ahab hated him: I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.


 
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