Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 22:28
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
28. Hearken, O people, every one of you ] R.V. Hear, ye peoples, all of you. This sentence is omitted by the LXX. as are also the words ‘And he said’ which precede. In consequence it has been thought that they are no part of the original text, but a marginal note of a later time, which some one put down to shew that the Micaiah here spoken of was the same with Micah the author of the prophecy. For that prophecy (Mic 1:2) opens with this same sentence, and beside this, in 2Ch 18:14 the name Micah occurs in the text for Micaiah. No one however thinks that Micah the prophet lived in Ahab’s days. The R.V. however very properly translates in both places by the same English. For it may be that Micah at his opening took up the burden with which the Scripture record of Micaiah closes.
The plural rendered ‘peoples’ is very frequent in the O. Test., and the R.V. has introduced this rendering commonly. It signifies sometimes the various nations of the world at large, but often, as here, the tribes of Israel. Cf. Gen 49:10; Deu 32:8, &c.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The Lord hath not spoken by me; I acknowledge myself to be an impostor, and to deserve death.
He said, i.e. Micaiah, the person last named, being assured of the truth of his prophecy, calls all the people to be witnesses of it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Micaiah said, if thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me,…. I am content to be reckoned a false prophet, and to be punished as such:
and, he said, hearken, O people, everyone of you; he called aloud unto them to observe what he had predicted, and mark the issue of it, and to bear testimony for him, or against him, as things should be.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) Hearken, O people.It is a curious coincidence that these are the opening words of the prophetic Book of Micah. They are not found in some MSS. of the LXX., and are supposed by some to be an early interpolation in this passage from that book.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ki 22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
Ver. 28. If thou return all in peace. ] “The hope of unjust men perisheth”: Pro 11:7 Etiam spes valentissima perit, as some render that text: Julian, for instance, when he went out to war against the Persians, breathing out threatenings against the Christians at his return, which was never. And that French king who promised to see with his eyes Anne du Bourg, martyr, burned, had, before that time, one of his eyes thrust out at the jousts, of which wound he died. a
a Ibid., 1914.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
People = peoples.
every one = all.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
If thou return: Num 16:29, Deu 18:20-22, 2Ki 1:10, 2Ki 1:12, Isa 44:26, Jer 28:8, Jer 28:9, Act 13:10, Act 13:11
Hearken: 1Ki 18:21-24, 1Ki 18:36, 1Ki 18:37, 2Ch 18:27, Amo 3:1, Mic 1:2, Mar 7:14-16, Mar 12:37
Reciprocal: Jos 3:10 – Hereby ye Jdg 8:9 – I come 1Sa 28:19 – the Lord 1Ki 13:5 – General 1Ki 22:35 – died at even 2Ki 1:16 – Forasmuch 2Ch 20:36 – And he joined Pro 29:1 – General Jer 28:7 – General Hos 9:8 – with Mal 2:9 – before Mat 15:10 – he 2Co 13:8 – General Jam 2:5 – Hearken
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 22:28. Micaiah said, If thou return, &c., the Lord hath not spoken by me Let me incur the reproach and punishment of a false prophet; and he Namely, Micaiah; said, Hearken, O people, every one of you Knowing in whom he had believed, and being fully assured of the truth of his prophecy, he calls all the people to be witnesses of it.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, {v} Hearken, O people, every one of you.
(v) That when you see these things come to pass you may give God the glory, and know that I am his true prophet.