2 Chronicles 18:7

7 Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "[There is] yet one man by whom to seek Yahweh, but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but {always} disaster. He [is] Micaiah the son of Imlah." Then Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say thus."

2 Chronicles 18:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:7

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2).

2 Chronicles 18:7 In-Context

5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men. And he said to them, "Shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we cease?" And they said, "Go up, since God will give [it] into the hand of the king."

6 Then Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here another prophet of Yahweh that we might inquire of him?"

7 Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "[There is] yet one man by whom to seek Yahweh, but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but {always} disaster. He [is] Micaiah the son of Imlah." Then Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say thus."

8 Then the king of Israel called to a eunuch and said, "Quickly bring Micaiah the son of Imlah."

9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were each sitting on his throne, clothed in robes. And they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "all his days"