1 Re 22:19

19 E Micaiah replicò: "Perciò ascolta la parola dell’Eterno. Io ho veduto l’Eterno che sedeva sul suo trono, e tutto l’esercito del cielo che gli stava dappresso a destra e a sinistra.

1 Re 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:19

And he saith, hear thou therefore the word of the Lord
Since he had represented what he had said as proceeding from hatred to him, he would make it clear and plain that what he had said was the word of the Lord, and according to his mind; and that what the other prophets had said was owing to a lying spirit in them, which the Lord suffered for his ruin; all which are represented as in a vision, in which things are brought down to the capacities of men, and not as really transacted:

I saw the Lord sitting on his throne;
so it was represented to his mind, as if he had seen with his bodily eyes the divine Being in a glorious form, as a king sitting on his throne, to do justice and judgment; as Ahab and Jehoshaphat were now sitting on their thrones, only as a far greater King, even the King of kings, and in a more splendid manner:

and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his
left
the ministering angels ready to do his will.

1 Re 22:19 In-Context

17 Micaiah rispose: "Ho veduto tutto Israele disperso su per i monti, come pecore che non hanno pastore; e l’Eterno ha detto: Questa gente non ha padrone; se ne torni ciascuno in pace a casa sua".

18 E il re d’Israele disse a Giosafat: "Non te l’ho io detto che costui non mi predirebbe nulla di buono, ma soltanto del male?"

19 E Micaiah replicò: "Perciò ascolta la parola dell’Eterno. Io ho veduto l’Eterno che sedeva sul suo trono, e tutto l’esercito del cielo che gli stava dappresso a destra e a sinistra.

20 E l’Eterno disse: Chi sedurrà Achab affinché salga a Ramoth di Galaad e vi perisca? E uno rispose in un modo e l’altro in un altro.

21 Allora si fece avanti uno spirito, il quale si presentò dinanzi all’Eterno, e disse: Lo sedurrò io.