1 Kings 22:9

9 Then the king of Yisra'el called an officer, and said, Get quickly Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah.

1 Kings 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:9

Then the king of Israel called an officer
An eunuch, as the word is sometimes used, one of pages:

and said, hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah;
who, as it seems from ( 1 Kings 22:26 ) was in prison, where perhaps Ahab had cast him for his last prophecy to him, and where he had lain ever since; and this gives a reason why he could so readily send for him, knowing where he was.

1 Kings 22:9 In-Context

7 But Yehoshafat said, Isn't there here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we may inquire of him?

8 The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Yehoshafat said, "Don't let the king say so."

9 Then the king of Yisra'el called an officer, and said, Get quickly Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah.

10 Now the king of Yisra'el and Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Shomron; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

11 Tzidkiyahu the son of Kena`anah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says the LORD, With these shall you push the Aram, until they be consumed.