2 Chronicles 18:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

One man

1 Kings 18:4

1 Kings 19:10

I hate him

Good

Isaiah 30:10

Jeremiah 38:4

Me

Let not the

Proverbs 25:12

Micah 2:7

General references

1 Kings 12:9

Bible References

One man

and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --

And he saith, 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

I hate him

and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, 'Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?'

and he saith unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of thy hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;'

And Ahab saith unto Elijah, 'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, 'I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.

And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.

for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

Good

Who have said to seers, 'Ye do not see,' And to prophets, 'Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

And the heads say unto the king, 'Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.'

Me

And Micaiah saith 'Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'

And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he saith, 'Is there peace, Jehu?' and he saith, 'What is the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?'

that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all,

Let not the

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Doth the house of Jacob say, 'Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?' Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?

General references

and he saith unto them, 'What are ye counselling, and we answer this people, who have spoken unto me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke that thy father put upon us?'