2 Chronicles 18:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

Zedekiah

Which way

Jeremiah 29:26

Matthew 26:67

John 9:40

Bible References

Zedekiah

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.’”

“You see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.”

The Lord God has opened My ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I did not turn back.

So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.

Let him offer his cheek
to the one who would strike him;
let him be filled with shame.

Now, daughter who is under attack,

you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.

Then they spit in His face and beat Him; others slapped Him

Then some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, saying, “Prophesy!” The temple police also took Him and slapped Him.

When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.

Which way

‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.

Then they spit in His face and beat Him; others slapped Him

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”