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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 18:18

Mikhay'hu continued: "Therefore, hear the word of Adonai . I saw Adonai sitting on his throne with the whole army of heaven standing on his right and on his left.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Micaiah;   Preaching;   Throne;   Vision;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joash or Jehoash;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Micaiah ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Host of Heaven;   Micaiah;   Throne;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Astronomy;   Host of Heaven;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and the whole heavenly army was standing at his right hand and at his left hand.
Hebrew Names Version
[Mikhayahu] said, Therefore hear you the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
King James Version
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord ; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
English Standard Version
And Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
New Century Version
But Micaiah said, "Hear the message from the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with his heavenly army standing on his right and on his left.
New English Translation
Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
Amplified Bible
So Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host (army) of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
New American Standard Bible
And Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the angels of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
World English Bible
[Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe hee saide, Therefore heare ye the worde of the Lord: I sawe the Lorde sit vpon his throne, and all the hoste of heauen standing at his right hand, and at his left.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh. I saw Yahweh sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
Berean Standard Bible
Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
Contemporary English Version
Micaiah replied: I then saw the Lord seated on his throne with every creature in heaven gathered around him.
Darby Translation
And he said, Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left;
Easy-to-Read Version
Micaiah said, "Hear the message from the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne. All of heaven's army was standing around him, some on his left side and some on his right side.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Micaiah said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
Good News Translation
Micaiah went on: "Now listen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.
Lexham English Bible
Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting upon his throne with all the host of heaven standing on his right and on his left.
Literal Translation
And he said, Then hear the Word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde: Therfore heare ye the worde of the LORDE: I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate, and all the hoost of heauen stondinge at his righte hande & at his lefte.
American Standard Version
And Micaiah said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he said againe, Therfore heare ye the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sit vpon his seate, and all the companie of heauen stoode on his right hande and on his left.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting upon His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and on His left.
King James Version (1611)
Againe he sayd; Therefore heare the word of the Lord: I sawe the Lord sitting vpon his throne, and all the hoste of heauen standing on his right hand, and on his left.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But he said, Not so. Hear ye the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood by on his right hand and on his left.
English Revised Version
And he said, Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And therfor Mychee seide, Here ye the word of the Lord. Y siy the Lord sittynge in his trone, and al the oost of heuene stondynge nyy him at the riytside and `leftside.
Update Bible Version
And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
Webster's Bible Translation
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.
New King James Version
Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and His left.
New Living Translation
Then Micaiah continued, "Listen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
New Life Bible
Micaiah said, "So hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne. All the armies of heaven were standing on His right and on His left.
New Revised Standard
Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing to the right and to the left of him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he, Therefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, - I saw Yahweh, sitting upon his throne, and, all the host of the heavens, standing, on his right hand and his left.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he said: Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left,
Revised Standard Version
And Micai'ah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left;
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;
THE MESSAGE
Micaiah kept on, "I'm not done yet; listen to God 's word: I saw God enthroned, and all the Angel Armies of heaven standing at attention, ranged on his right and his left. And God said, "How can we seduce Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead?" Some said this, and some said that. Then a bold angel stepped out, stood before God , and said, "I'll seduce him." "And how will you do it?" said God . "Easy," said the angel, "I'll get all the prophets to lie." "That should do it," said God ; "On your way—seduce him!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.

Contextual Overview

4 But Y'hoshafat said to the king of Isra'el, "First, we should seek the word of Adonai ." 5 So the king of Isra'el assembled the prophets, 400 men. "Should we attack Ramot-Gil‘ad?" he asked them, "Or should I hold off?" They said, "Attack. God will hand it over to the king." 6 But Y'hoshafat said, "Besides these, isn't there a prophet of Adonai here that we can consult?" 7 The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Yes, there is still one man through whom we can consult Adonai ; but I hate him, because he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad! It's Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah." Y'hoshafat replied, "The king shouldn't say such a thing." 8 Then the king called an officer and said, "Quickly! Bring Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah." 9 Now the king of Isra'el and Y'hoshafat the king of Y'hudah were each sitting on his throne, dressed in their royal robes; they were sitting in a threshing-floor at the entrance to the gate of Shomron; and all the prophets were there, prophesying in their presence. 10 Tzidkiyah the son of Kena‘anah had made himself some horns out of iron and said, "This is what Adonai says: ‘With these you will gore Aram until they are destroyed.'" 11 All the prophets prophesied the same thing: "Go up and attack Ramot-Gil‘ad. You will succeed, because Adonai will hand it over to the king." 12 The messenger who had gone to call Mikhay'hu said to him, "Here, now, the prophets are unanimously predicting success for the king. Please let your word be like one of theirs — say something good." 13 But Mikhay'hu answered, "As Adonai lives, whatever my God says is what I will say."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hear the word: Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 28:14, Isaiah 39:5, Jeremiah 2:4, Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 34:4, Amos 7:16

I saw: 1 Kings 22:19-23, Isaiah 6:1-5, Daniel 7:9, Acts 7:55, Acts 7:56

all the host: Genesis 32:2, Psalms 103:20, Psalms 103:21, Zechariah 1:10

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 13:2 - prophesy against Amos 9:1 - I saw Zechariah 6:5 - go 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - God Revelation 16:14 - the spirits

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He raised his eyes and looked, and there in front of him stood three men. On seeing them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, prostrated himself on the ground,
Genesis 18:3
and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, please don't leave your servant.
Genesis 18:17
Adonai said, "Should I hide from Avraham what I am about to do,
Genesis 18:18
inasmuch as Avraham is sure to become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by him?
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing — to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Shouldn't the judge of all the earth do what is just?"
Genesis 18:26
Adonai said, "If I find in S'dom fifty who are righteous, then I will forgive the whole place for their sake."
Genesis 26:4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, I will give all these lands to your descendants, and by your descendants all the nations of the earth will bless themselves.
Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever, his name, Yinnon, as long as the sun. May people bless themselves in him, may all nations call him happy.
Galatians 3:8
Also the Tanakh, foreseeing that God would consider the Gentiles righteous when they live by trusting and being faithful, told the Good News to Avraham in advance by saying, "In connection with you, all the Goyim will be blessed."
Galatians 3:14
Yeshua the Messiah did this so that in union with him the Gentiles might receive the blessing announced to Avraham, so that through trusting and being faithful, we might receive what was promised, namely, the Spirit.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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