1 Reyes 22:19

19 Micaías continuó diciendo:
—¡Escucha lo que dice el Señor
! Vi al Señor
sentado en su trono, rodeado por todos los ejércitos del cielo, a su derecha y a su izquierda.

1 Reyes 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:19

And he saith, hear thou therefore the word of the Lord
Since he had represented what he had said as proceeding from hatred to him, he would make it clear and plain that what he had said was the word of the Lord, and according to his mind; and that what the other prophets had said was owing to a lying spirit in them, which the Lord suffered for his ruin; all which are represented as in a vision, in which things are brought down to the capacities of men, and not as really transacted:

I saw the Lord sitting on his throne;
so it was represented to his mind, as if he had seen with his bodily eyes the divine Being in a glorious form, as a king sitting on his throne, to do justice and judgment; as Ahab and Jehoshaphat were now sitting on their thrones, only as a far greater King, even the King of kings, and in a more splendid manner:

and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his
left
the ministering angels ready to do his will.

1 Reyes 22:19 In-Context

17 Entonces Micaías le dijo:
—En una visión, vi a todo Israel disperso por los montes, como ovejas sin pastor, y el Señor
dijo: “Han matado a su amo.
Envíalos a sus casas en paz”.

18 —¿No te dije? —exclamó el rey de Israel a Josafat—. Nunca me profetiza otra cosa que desgracias.

19 Micaías continuó diciendo:
—¡Escucha lo que dice el Señor
! Vi al Señor
sentado en su trono, rodeado por todos los ejércitos del cielo, a su derecha y a su izquierda.

20 Entonces el Señor
dijo: “¿Quién puede seducir a Acab para que vaya a pelear contra Ramot de Galaad y lo maten?”.
»Hubo muchas sugerencias,

21 hasta que finalmente un espíritu se acercó al Señor
y dijo: “¡Yo puedo hacerlo!”.