1 Kings 22:9

THE MESSAGE

So the king of Israel ordered one of his men, "On the double! Get Micaiah son of Imlah."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the king of Israel called an officer and said, “Hurry and get Micaiah son of Imlah!”

Hebrew Names Version
Then the king of Yisra'el called an officer, and said, Get quickly Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah.

King James Version
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

English Standard Version
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah."

New Century Version
So Ahab king of Israel told one of his officers to bring Micaiah to him at once.

New English Translation
The king of Israel summoned an official and said, "Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah."

Amplified Bible
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah."

New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring Micaiah son of Imlah quickly."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King of Israel called an Eunuche, and sayde, Call quickely Michaiah the sonne of Imlah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Hasten to bring Micaiah son of Imlah."

Contemporary English Version
Then Ahab sent someone to bring Micaiah as soon as possible.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the king of Isra'el called an officer and said, "Quickly! Bring Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah."

Darby Translation
Then the king of Israel called a chamberlain, and said, Fetch quickly Micah the son of Imlah.

Easy-to-Read Version
So King Ahab told one of his officers to go and find Micaiah.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, Make haste and bring here Micah the son of Imlah.

Good News Translation
Then Ahab called in a court official and told him to go and get Micaiah at once.

Lexham English Bible
The king of Israel summoned a certain court official, and he said, "Quickly fetch Micaiah son of Imlah."

Literal Translation
And the king of Israel called to a certain eunuch and said, Cause Micaiah the son of Imlah to hurry.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne, and sayde: Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla.

American Standard Version
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

Bible in Basic English
Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the king of Israel called a chamberlayne, & sayde: Fet Michea the sonne of Iimla hyther at once.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: 'Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.'

King James Version (1611)
Then the king of Israel called an Officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the sonne of Imlah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, Bring hither quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.

English Revised Version
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

Berean Standard Bible
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, "Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng of Israel clepide summe chaumburleyn, and seide to hym, Haste thou to brynge Mychee, sone of Hiemla.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

Update Bible Version
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.

World English Bible
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

New King James Version
Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!"

New Living Translation
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, "Quick! Bring Micaiah son of Imlah."

New Life Bible
Then the king of Israel called a soldier and said, "Be quick to bring Micaiah the son of Imlah."

New Revised Standard
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then the king of Israel called a certain courtier, - and said, Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the king of Israel called an eunuch, and said to him: Make haste, and bring hither Micheas, the son of Jemla.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micai'ah the son of Imlah."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah."

Contextual Overview

¹They enjoyed three years of peace—no fighting between Aram and Israel. In the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah had a meeting with the king of Israel. Israel's king remarked to his aides, "Do you realize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we're sitting around on our hands instead of taking it back from the king of Aram?" ⁴He turned to Jehoshaphat and said, "Will you join me in fighting for Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said, "You bet. I'm with you all the way—my troops are your troops, my horses are your horses." He then continued, "But before you do anything, ask God for guidance." ⁶ The king of Israel got the prophets together—all four hundred of them—and put the question to them: "Should I attack Ramoth Gilead? Or should I hold back?" "Go for it," they said. " God will hand it over to the king." ⁷ But Jehoshaphat dragged his heels: "Is there still another prophet of God around here we can consult?" ⁸ The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, "As a matter of fact, there is still one such man. But I hate him. He never preaches anything good to me, only doom, doom, doom—Micaiah son of Imlah." "The king shouldn't talk about a prophet like that," said Jehoshaphat. ⁹ So the king of Israel ordered one of his men, "On the double! Get Micaiah son of Imlah." ¹⁰Meanwhile, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat were seated on their thrones, dressed in their royal robes, resplendent in front of the Samaria city gates. All the prophets were staging a prophecy-performance for their benefit. Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had even made a set of iron horns, and brandishing them called out, " God 's word! With these horns you'll gore Aram until there's nothing left of him!" All the prophets chimed in, "Yes! Go for Ramoth Gilead! An easy victory! God 's gift to the king!" ¹³ The messenger who went to get Micaiah said, "The prophets have all said Yes to the king. Make it unanimous—vote Yes!" ¹⁴ But Micaiah said, "As surely as God lives, what God says, I'll say."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

officer: or, eunuch, 2 Kings 9:32, 2 Chronicles 18:8, Isaiah 39:7, Daniel 1:18

Hasten: 1 Kings 22:26, 1 Kings 22:27

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:20 - gathered

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to God . He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, "I'll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I'll never again kill off everything living as I've just done.

Genesis 12:7
God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.

Genesis 22:1
After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, "Abraham!" "Yes?" answered Abraham. "I'm listening."

Genesis 22:2
He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."

Genesis 22:7
Isaac said to Abraham his father, "Father?" "Yes, my son." "We have flint and wood, but where's the sheep for the burnt offering?"

Genesis 22:8
Abraham said, "Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering." And they kept on walking together.

Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his young servants. They got things together and returned to Beersheba. Abraham settled down in Beersheba.

Mark 15:1
At dawn's first light, the high priests, with the religious leaders and scholars, arranged a conference with the entire Jewish Council. After tying Jesus securely, they took him out and presented him to Pilate.

Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham's blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God's life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it.

James 2:21
Wasn't our ancestor Abraham "made right with God by works" when he placed his son Isaac on the sacrificial altar? Isn't it obvious that faith and works are yoked partners, that faith expresses itself in works? That the works are "works of faith"? The full meaning of "believe" in the Scripture sentence, "Abraham believed God and was set right with God," includes his action. It's that mesh of believing and acting that got Abraham named "God's friend." Is it not evident that a person is made right with God not by a barren faith but by faith fruitful in works?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king of Israel called an officer,.... An eunuch, as the word is sometimes used, one of pages:

and said, hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah; who, as it seems from

1 Kings 22:26 was in prison, where perhaps Ahab had cast him for his last prophecy to him, and where he had lain ever since; and this gives a reason why he could so readily send for him, knowing where he was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An officer - More properly, as in the margin, “a eunuch.” Eunuchs seem to have been first introduced among the Israelites by David (1 Chronicles 28:1 note). They were a natural accompaniment of the seraglio of Solomon. The present passage is the first which shows that, after the separation of the kingdom, the kings of Israel employed them (compare 2 Kings 8:6; 2 Kings 9:32).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 22:9. The king of Israel called an officer — סריס saris, literally a eunuch; probably a foreigner, for it was not lawful to disgrace an Israelite by reducing him to such a state.