1 Kings 22:8

Contextual Overview

¹There was a lull of three years without war between Aram and Israel. ¹ They continued three years without war between Aram and Yisra'el. ¹ And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. ¹ For three years Syria and Israel continued without war. ¹ For three years there was peace between Israel and Aram. ¹ There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. ¹Aram (Syria) and Israel continued without war for three years. ¹ Now three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. ¹ And they continued three yeere without warre betweene Aram and Israel. ¹So they lived for three years without war between Aram and Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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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? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you in the spring and Sarah shall have a son."

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 18:14
Is anything impossible for the Lord ? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the LORD? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 18:14
(Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 18:14
I am the Lord ! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son."

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.