Micaiah
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto
him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare]
good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee,
be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is]
good....
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And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when
thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself....
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet
one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of
the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the
king say so....
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Micaiah son of Imlah is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He is
not the same as the titular prophet of the Book of Micah,
also called "The Morasthite" to distinguish him from
Micaiah. Today Micaiah is a rare name and it is still
debated if it is unisex or for men only. Micaiah's prophecy.
Under duress, Micaiah gave a negative prophecy to Ahab
re...
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mi-ka'-ya, mi-ki'-a (mikhayahu, "who is like Yah?";
Meichaias): A frequently occurring Old Testament name
occasionally contracted to MICA or MICAH (which see). In the
King James Version it is usually spelled "Michaiah."
(1) The mother of Abijah (2 Ch 13:2, the King James Version
"Michaiah"). The parallel passage (1 Ki 15:2; compare 2 Ch
11:20)...
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-A prophet who reproved King Ahab
1Ki 22:8-28; 2Ch 18:4-27...
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(who is like God?). Micahiah, the son of Imlah, was a prophet
of Samaria, who in the last year of the reign of Ahab king of
Israel predicted his defeat and death, B.C. 897. 1Ki 22:1-35;
2Ch 18:1 ......
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who is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet
of
Samaria (1 Kings 22:8-28). Three years after the
great battle
with Ben-hadad (20:29-34), Ahab proposed to
Jehoshaphat, king of
Judah, that they should go up against Ramoth-Gilead
to do battle
again with Ben-hadad. Jehoshaphat agreed, but
suggested that
inquiry should be first m...
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MICAIAH or MICHAIAH. Son of Imlah (1 Kings 22:8). Consulted
by Ahab at Jehoshaphat's request when undertaking the joint
expedition against Ramoth Gilead, which Benhadad had engaged
to restore (1 Kings 20:34). The 400 prophets whom Ahab
gathered together to "inquire the word of Jehovah" (1 Kings
22:5) were prophets of Jeroboam's symbolic calf w...
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