1 Kings 22:13

13 A messenger went to get Micaiah. He said to him, "Look. The other prophets agree. All of them are saying the king will have success. So agree with them. Say the same thing they do."

1 Kings 22:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:13

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto
him
By the way, as they came along together, as Josephus ^F16 observes:

behold, now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with
one mouth;
they are unanimous that he shall prosper in his undertaking against the Syrians:

let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak
that which is good;
which, as an ignorant man, he might advise to from good will to the prophet, that he might not be branded with singularity, and a spirit of contradiction, and that he might have the favour of the king, and be released from prison, pitying his miserable condition in which he found him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 15. sect. 4.

1 Kings 22:13 In-Context

11 Zedekiah was the son of Kenaanah. Zedekiah had made horns out of iron. They looked like animal horns. He announced, "The LORD says, 'With these horns you will drive back the men of Aram until they are destroyed.' "

12 All of the other prophets were prophesying the same thing. "Attack Ramoth Gilead," they said. "Win the battle over it. The LORD will hand it over to you."

13 A messenger went to get Micaiah. He said to him, "Look. The other prophets agree. All of them are saying the king will have success. So agree with them. Say the same thing they do."

14 But Micaiah said, "You can be sure that the LORD lives. And you can be just as sure that I can only tell the king what the LORD tells me to say."

15 When Micaiah arrived, the king spoke to him. He asked, "Should we go to war against Ramoth Gilead? Or should I stay here?" "Attack," he answered. "You will win. The LORD will hand Ramoth Gilead over to you."