1 Kings 22:11-20
iron horns <01270 07161> [horns of iron.]
said ....... says <0559> [Thus saith.]
Attack <05927> [Go up.]
words ... agree ....... success <01697> [Behold now.]
Lord ........ Lord <03068> [what the Lord.]
<03212> [shall we go.]
succeed <06743 03212> [Go and prosper.]
This was strong irony; they were the precise words of the false prophets; but were spoken by Micaiah in such a tone and manner as at once shewed Ahab that he did not believe, but ridiculed these words of uncertainty. The reply of the Delphian oracle to Crosesus was as ambiguous as that returned to Pyrrhus, {Croesus Halym penetrans magnam pervertet opum vim,} "If Croesus crosses the Halys, he will overthrow a great empire." This he understood of the empire of Cyrus; the event proved it to be his own: he was deluded, yet the oracle maintained its credit.
solemnly <07650> [shall I adjure.]
tell <01696> [that thou tell.]
saw <07200> [I saw.]
sheep <06629> [as sheep.]
said ...... tell <0559> [Did I not tell.]
hear ... word <08085 01697> [Hear thou.]
Lord ... saw ... Lord <07200 03068> [I saw the Lord.]
Micaiah evidently gives here an account of what appeared to him in a vision: many of the circumstances must be considered as parabolical; for truth, rather than facts, is revealed in such representations.
assembly <06635> [all the host.]
deceive <06601> [persuade. or, deceive.]
