4 27 (1Ki 22:5-28<\/span>). The Prophecy of Micaiah<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. Jehoshaphat<\/em> ] Cp. 2Ki 3:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n Inquire at the word<\/em> ] Cp. Dan 2:10<\/span> (A.V.), “no king asked such things at any magician.” The use of “at” after verbs of asking is obsolete.<\/p>\n 2Ch 18:4-34<\/span><\/p>\n And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Divine truth and its typical reception<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are four types of human conduct in relation to Divine truth.<\/p>\n [See comments on 2Ch 18:2]<\/span>.<\/p>\n The Prophets Are Consulted.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/span><\/P> <\/TD> B. C.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> 897.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE> 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD<\/B> to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it<\/I> into the king’s hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there<\/I> not here a prophet of the LORD<\/B> besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is<\/I> yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD<\/B>: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is<\/I> Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his<\/I> officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their<\/I> robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD<\/B>, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD<\/B> shall deliver it<\/I> into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare<\/I> good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said, As<\/I> the LORD<\/B> liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD<\/B>? 16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD<\/B> said, These have no master; let them return therefore<\/I> every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that<\/I> he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD<\/B>; I saw the LORD<\/B> sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on<\/I> his left. 19 And the LORD<\/B> said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD<\/B>, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD<\/B> said unto him, Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the L<\/I>ORD<\/B><\/I> said, Thou shalt entice him,<\/I> and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even<\/I> so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD<\/B> hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD<\/B> hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD<\/B> from me to speak unto thee? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow<\/I> in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then<\/I> hath not the LORD<\/B> spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.<\/P> This is almost word for word the same with what we had, 1 Kings xxii.<\/span> We will not repeat what was there said, nor have we much to add, but may take occasion to think, 1. Of the great duty of acknowledging God in all our ways and enquiring at his word,<\/I> whatever we undertake. Jehoshaphat was not willing to proceed till he had done this, v.<\/I><\/span> 4<\/span>. By particular believing prayer, by an unbiased consultation of the scripture and our own consciences, and by an observant regard to the hints of providence, we may make such enquiries and very much to our satisfaction. 2. Of the great danger of bad company even to good men. Those that have more wisdom, grace, and resolution, cannot be sure that they can converse familiarly with wicked people and get no hurt by them. Jehoshaphat here, in complaisance to Ahab, sits in his robes, patiently hearing the false prophets speaking lies in the name of the Lord (v.<\/I><\/span> 9<\/span>), can scarcely find in his heart to give him a too mild and gentle reproof for hating a prophet of the Lord (v.<\/I><\/span> 7<\/span>), and dares not rebuke that false prophet who basely abused the faithful seer nor oppose Ahab who committed him to prison. Those who venture among the seats of the scornful cannot come off without a great deal of the guilt attaching to at least the omission of their duty, unless they have such measures of wisdom and courage as few can pretend to. 3. Of the unhappiness of those who are surrounded with flatterers, especially flattering prophets, who cry peace to them and prophesy nothing but smooth things. Thus was Ahab cheated into his ruin, and justly; for he hearkened to such, and preferred those that humoured him before a good prophet that gave him fair warning of his danger. Those do best for themselves that give their friends leave, and particularly their ministers, to deal plainly and faithfully with them, and take their reproofs not only patiently, but kindly. That counsel is not always best for us that is most pleasing to us. 4. Of the power of Satan, by the divine permission, in the children of disobedience.<\/I> One lying spirit can make 400 lying prophets and make use of them to deceive Ahab, v.<\/I><\/span> 21<\/span>. The devil becomes a murderer by being a liar and destroys men by deceiving them. 5. Of the justice of God in giving those up to strong delusions, to believe a lie, who will not receive the love of the truth, but rebel against it, v.<\/I><\/span> 21<\/span>. Let the lying spirit prevail<\/I> to entice those to their ruin that will not be persuaded to their duty and happiness. 6. Of the hard case of faithful ministers, whose lot it has often been to be hated, and persecuted, and ill-treated, for being true to their God and just and kind to the souls of men. Micaiah, for discharging a good conscience, was buffeted, imprisoned, and condemned to the bread and water of affliction. But he could with assurance appeal to the issue, as all those may do who are persecuted for their faithfulness, v.<\/I><\/span> 27<\/span>. The day will declare who is in the right and who in the wrong, when Christ will appear, to the unspeakable consolation of his persecuted people and the everlasting confusion of their persecutors, who will be made to see in that day<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 24<\/span>) what they will not now believe.<\/P> <\/p>\n (4) And Jehoshaphat.<\/strong>So exactly 1Ki. 22:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n Enquire . . .<\/strong> at the word.<\/strong>Seek the word. This account is so similar, as far as it goes, to what is related in the book of the Kings already referred to, that I do not think it necessary to make any further observations, unless it be on that clause which is particularly added here, but not noticed in the former history, that at the crying out of Jehoshaphat, (2Ch 18:31<\/span> ), the Lord helped him, and moved the Syrians to depart from him. It is delightful to observe how the Lord, who hath all hearts at his disposal, can and will interpose for the deliverance of his servants when all human aid fails. The Lord may permit, as in the case of Jehoshaphat, that our sins and backslidings shall correct; they may and sometimes will, bring us into extreme danger; but in every temptation the Lord will make a way to escape; and though not for our deserts, but for his great name’s sake, he will save in time of need.<\/p>\n 2Ch 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord today.<\/strong> ] Yea, but this should have been done before he had engaged to go. Good Jehoshaphat is oft taxed for being smart too late. Few consider that it is better to stop or step back than to run on out of the way.<\/p>\n Enquire, &c. This shows his consciousness that he was not doing right. <\/p>\n the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. <\/p>\n 2Ch 18:4-6<\/p>\n 2Ch 18:4-6<\/p>\n THE FALSE PROPHETS OF AHAB FAIL TO CONVINCE JEHOSHAPHAT<\/p>\n “And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver IT into the hand of the king. But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?”<\/p>\n Jehoshaphat’s asking here for a prophet of Jehovah dramatically states that the four hundred prophets of Ahab were not prophets of Jehovah. Ahab’s god was Baal; and his prophets were automatically prophets of Baal, not of Jehovah (1Ki 22:53).<\/p>\n E.M. Zerr:<\/p>\n 2Ch 18:4. Jehoshaphat is classed among the good kings of Judah, although the project to which he agreed was ill-advised. However, he was unwilling to venture out on the important proposed action without some information, and the method of obtaining such in those days was through the prophets. (Heb 1:1.) <\/p>\n 2Ch 18:5. Prophets, like other teachers, sometimes give instructions they think will please their hearers regardless of whether they are correct. <\/p>\n 2Ch 18:6. Jehoshaphat knew of the disposition of men to be popular, and had some doubt with regard to these 400 prophets. He did not directly deny their being the prophets of the Lord. He merely asked if there were some other prophet besides them. <\/p>\n Inquire: 2Ch 34:26, 1Sa 23:2, 1Sa 23:2, 1Sa 23:4, 1Sa 23:9-12, 2Sa 2:1, 2Sa 5:19, 2Sa 5:23, 1Ki 22:5, 1Ki 22:6, Psa 27:4, Jer 21:2, Eze 20:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ch 35:22 – the mouth 2Ti 4:3 – but<\/p>\n 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the {d} word of the LORD to day.<\/p>\n (d) Hear the advise of some prophet to know whether it is God’s will.<\/p>\n And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today. 4 27 (1Ki 22:5-28). The Prophecy of Micaiah 4. Jehoshaphat ] Cp. 2Ki 3:11. Inquire at the word ] Cp. Dan 2:10 (A.V.), “no king asked such things at any magician.” The use of “at” after … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 18:4”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>Those who seek the truth. Micaiah believed in its existence, prayed for its teaching, and determined to follow its leading.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>Those who are opposed to the truth. The priests assumed to be its only depositaries, denied the claims of others, ridiculed and opposed its representative. None so slow to believe in a Divine Spirit as those accustomed to speak Divine words, but in whose hearts is no Divine life.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>Those who believe yet disobey the truth. Jehoshaphat believed the prophet Micaiah, mildly defended his character, yet would not withdraw from Ahab.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>Those who are alarmed at truth. Ahab roused in conscience, afraid of results, and tried to escape by stratagem. (J<\/em>. Wolfendale<\/em>.)<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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