1 Kings 22:27

27 and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this [fellow in] the house of imprisonment and feed him reduced rations of food and water until I come in peace." '"

1 Kings 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:27

And say, thus saith the king, put this fellow in prison
In the common prison of the city, where he had been before, as it seems; and might be now ordered into a more confined place in it, and what might be called "little ease":

and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction;
with bad bread and foul water, and but little of either; just enough to keep alive, and to continue starving:

until I come in peace;
which he seemed confident of, and intimates that then he would punish him more severely, even with death, as a false prophet.

1 Kings 22:27 In-Context

25 Then Micaiah said, "Behold, you [are about to] see on that day when you go {from room to room} to hide."

26 The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the commander of the city and to Jehoash the son of the king;

27 and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this [fellow in] the house of imprisonment and feed him reduced rations of food and water until I come in peace." '"

28 Then Micaiah said, "If you indeed return in peace, then Yahweh has not spoken with me." Then he said, "Let all the peoples hear!"

29 Then the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up [to] Ramoth-Gilead.