1 Kings 22:27

27 Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle."

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 Micaiah answered, "You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inside room."

26 Then Ahab king of Israel ordered, "Take Micaiah and send him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king's son.

27 Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle."

28 Micaiah said, "Ahab, if you come back safely from battle, the Lord has not spoken through me. Remember my words, all you people!"

29 So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead.