2 Chronicles 18:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ King [Ahab] of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is another man, Micaiah son of Imla, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never has prophesied good for me, but always evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Common English Bible

⁷ “There’s one other man who could ask the LORD for us,” Israel’s king told Jehoshaphat, “but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad. His name is Micaiah, Imlah’s son.” “The king shouldn’t speak like that!” Jehoshaphat said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: "There is one man, from whom we would be able to ask the will of the Lord. But I hate him, for he never prophesies good to me, but at all times evil. And it is Micaiah, the son of Imlah." And Jehoshaphat said, "You should not speak in this manner, O king."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man, of whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good to me, but always evil. And it is Micheas the son of Jemla. And Josaphat said: Speak not thus, O king.

2 Chronicles 18:7 Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”

1 Kings 18:4

when Jezebel was killing off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them fifty to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the many prostitutions and sorceries of your mother Jezebel continue?”

2 Chronicles 18:13

But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.”

2 Chronicles 18:6

But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no other prophet of the Lord here of whom we may inquire?”

2 Chronicles 18:8

Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Psalm 34:21

Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Psalm 55:3

by the noise of the enemy, because of the clamor of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Psalm 69:14

rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

Proverbs 25:12

Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things; prophesy illusions;

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death because he is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.

Micah 2:7

Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the Lord’s patience exhausted? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to one who walks uprightly?

Mark 6:27

Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

Luke 6:22

“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.

Galatians 4:16

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?