2 Chronicles 18:24

Overview - 2 Chronicles 18
Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go with him against Ramoth-gilead.
Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there.
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2 Chronicles 18:24  (King James Version)
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
 


Behold
Isaiah 26:11 ; Jeremiah 28:16 Jeremiah 28:17 ; Jeremiah 29:21 Jeremiah 29:22 Jeremiah 29:32

into an inner chamber
or, from chamber to chamber. Hebrew
into a chamber in a chamber. "In one of the halls of the {seraglio} at Constantinople,"
says De La Motraye, "the eunuch made us pass by several little chambers, with doors shut, like the cells of monks or nuns, as far as I could judge by one that another eunuch opened." This exactly corresponds with the idea of a "chamber within a chamber;" and it would appear that Micaiah predicted that Zedekiah should fly for shelter to a Harem, which we have seen was deemed inviolate (See on 1 ; Sa 19:16
1 Kings 20:30 ; Isaiah 26:20