{"id":1719,"date":"2012-06-06T07:11:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2012-06-06T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T12:30:44","slug":"2-chronicles-18-micaiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"(2 Chronicles 18) Micaiah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Therefore please let your word be like\u00a0 the word of\u00a0 one of them, and speak encouragement. And Micaiah said,\u00a0 As\u00a0 the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak. Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain? And he said, Go and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand! So the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord? Then he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? Then\u00a0 Micaiah\u00a0 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. And the Lord said, Who will persuade Ahab king of Israel to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead? So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. The Lord said to him, In what way? So he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And\u00a0 the Lord\u00a0 said, You shall persuade\u00a0 him\u00a0 and also prevail; go out and do so. Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the spirit from the Lord go from me to speak to you? And Micaiah said, Indeed you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide! Then the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the kings son; and say, Thus says the king: Put this\u00a0 fellow\u00a0 in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace. But Micaiah said, If you ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he said, Take heed, all you people!<\/em><\/p>\n

Micaiah is my favorite Old Testament figure, bar none. My second son, Micah, was named with him in mind. He was brought forth to prophesy at the urging of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, who wanted to be certain that the Lord would be with him and with King Ahab of Israel in a pending conflict with the Syrians. Apparently not satisfied with the encouraging words spoken by four hundred of King Ahab’s prophets, Micaiah is called in. Ignoring the advice of the king’s messenger, Micaiah exclaims, “As the Lord lives,\u00a0 whatever my God says, that I will speak!”<\/p>\n

After Micaiah prophesies destruction, King Ahab is furious and has him thrown into prison; a starvation diet is prescribed until the king’s victorious return from battle. But King Ahab never returns, as Micaiah had prophesied. What, then, was the fate of the prophet?\u00a0 We are not told; he\u00a0likely suffered an ignominious death\u00a0in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Therefore please let your word be like\u00a0 the word of\u00a0 one of them, and speak encouragement. And Micaiah said,\u00a0 As\u00a0 the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I … <\/p>\n

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