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The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”
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Verse 8. One man. Perhaps Micheas alone resided at Samaria. Elias and his disciples were in the country. Josephus and some others think, ( Calmet.) that the son of Jemla had been cast into prison for what he had said to Achab, when he had dismissed the king of Syria. Calmet. 20:43. Bible.—Not so. Good advice should be followed, though it be not pleasant. Menochius.—Josaphat justly suspected the schismatical false prophets. Worthington.
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