2 Chronicles 18:16-26

16 And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, ¹as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace. ’”

17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? ”

18 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: ²I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

19 And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ’ And one said one thing, and another said another.

20 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him. ’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means? ’

21 And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ³a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. ’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so. ’

22 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The Lord has declared disaster concerning you. ”

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near ⁴and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you? ”

24 And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. ”

25 And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon ⁵the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

26 and say, ‘Thus says the king, ⁶Put this fellow in prison and feed him with meager rations of bread and water until I return in peace. ’”

2 Chronicles 18:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 18

Cross References

• 1. 18:16 Num. 27:17; Matt. 9:36
• 2. 18:18 See 1 Kgs. 22:19
• 3. 18:21 See 1 Kgs. 22:22
• 4. 18:23 See 1 Kgs. 22:24
• 5. 18:25 ch. 34:8
• 6. 18:26 See ch. 16:10