This document is about Micaiah (Prophet). For other homonyms, please refer to the Micaiah document. Micaiah was a prophet during the reign of Ahab in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and the son of Imlah.
1 Kings 22:8Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
2 Chronicles 18:7Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly.”
아합은 길르앗 라못을 탈환하기 위해 남 유다왕국의 여호사밧(유다왕)과 연합하여 전투를 하려 하였다.
1 Kings 22:3He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”1 Kings 22:4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for Yahweh’s word.”
1 Kings 22:5Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”1 Kings 22:6But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?”
1 Kings 22:15The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in Yahweh’s name?”1 Kings 22:16He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’ ”1 Kings 22:17The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
이로 인해서 그는 거짓 선지자 중 하나인 시드기야(아합의 거짓선지자)로부터 뺨을 맞고 감옥에 갖히게 되었다.
1 Kings 22:24Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”1 Kings 22:25The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son.1 Kings 22:26Say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”1 Kings 22:27Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all you people!”