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micaiah

micaiah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Micaiah 
  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  made  "at  the  word  of  Jehovah."  Ahab's 
  prophets  approved  of  the  expedition;  but  Jehoshaphat,  still 
  dissatisfied,  asked  if  there  was  no  other  prophet  besides  the 
  four  hundred  that  had  appeared,  and  was  informed  of  this 
  Micaiah.  He  was  sent  for  from  prison,  where  he  had  been 
  confined,  probably  on  account  of  some  prediction  disagreeable  to 
  Ahab;  and  he  condemned  the  expedition,  and  prophesied  that  it 
  would  end  as  it  did  in  disaster.  We  hear  nothing  further  of 
  this  prophet.  Some  have  supposed  that  he  was  the  unnamed  prophet 
  referred  to  in  1  Kings  20:35-42. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Micaiah,  who  is  like  to  God?