1 Kings 22:9

1 Kings 22:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
• New International Version (NIV)So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, “Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!”

Context of 1 Kings 22:9

7But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?” 8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied. So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.” 10Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them. 11Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

1 Kings 22:9 word by word

וַיִּקְרָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־סָרִ֖יס אֶחָ֑ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַהֲרָ֖ה מִיכָ֥יְהוּ בֶן־יִמְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• So the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• of Israelאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of his officialsסָרִיסsârîys sâris · eunuchH5631
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Bringמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• Micaiahמִיכָֽיְהוּmîykâyehû mikâyehû · MicaiahH4321
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Imlah at onceיִמְלָהyimlâ' yimlâh · ImlahH3229

Cross-references for 1 Kings 22:9

• 2 Kings 9:32He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
• 2 Chronicles 18:8So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
• Isaiah 39:7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
• Daniel 1:18Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
• 1 Kings 22:26And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

Commentaries on 1 Kings 22:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The king of Israel called an officer - סריס saris, literally a eunuch; probably a foreigner, for it was not lawful to disgrace an Israelite by reducing him to such a state.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9An officer - More properly, as in the margin, “a eunuch.” Eunuchs seem to have been first introduced among the Israelites by David (1 Chronicles 28:1 note). They were a natural accompaniment of the seraglio of Solomon. The present passage is the first which shows that, after the separation of the kingdom, the kings of Israel employed them (compare 2 Kings 8:6; 2 Kings 9:32).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9Following ancient Near Eastern tradition, Jehoshaphat asked the two kings to seek God's will before battle. This tradition appears in Aramean, Moabite, and Assyrian writings, as well as in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 23:2–4; 2 Samuel 5:19–25). Despite Ahab's doubts, Jehoshaphat insisted on calling Micaiah, a true prophet of God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-361Ki 22:1-36. Ahab Slain at Ramoth-gilead. 1. continued three years without war between Syria and Israel--The disastrous defeat of Ben-hadad had so destroyed his army and exhausted the resources of his country, that, however eager, he was unable to recommence active hostilities against Israel. But that his hereditary enmity remained unsubdued, was manifest by his breach of faith concerning the treaty by which he had engaged to restore all the cities which…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 22:9

• Armies
• Micaiah
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Ahab
• Forbear
• Jehoshaphat
• Micaiah
• Neither
• Nor
• Prophesy
• Ramothgilead
• Venture

Commentaries on 1 Kings 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings