Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the LORD’s word. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. He, Micheas, added, ( Menochius.) not fearing the king’s displeasure, who seemed to regard his former denunciation as an effect of his ill-will. Hence he explains his vision more at large. God often conforms to our ideas, and even prejudices. The people were then accustomed to look upon him as a king, environed with his army of good and evil spirits; the one at his right-hand, to execute his designs of mercy, and the other at his left, to execute his judgments. Job (1:6, 12) speaks in the like manner. We know that God stands in need of no counsellors; (Romans 11:34) and that the angels of satan have no place in heaven. Isaiah 14:12. Revelation 12:9. Jude 6.