KJV King James Version
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
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2 Chronicles 18:25
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
WEB World English Bible
The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
ASV American Standard Version
And the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king of Israel saith, ‘Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 18
22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, [then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelקְחוּ֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִיכָ֔יְהוּH4321 · mi.kha.ye.huMicaiahוַהֲשִׁיבֻ֖הוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אָמ֣וֹןH526 · a.monAmonשַׂר־H8269 · sarrulerהָעִ֑ירH5892 · irexcitementוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יוֹאָ֖שׁH3101 · yo.ashJoashבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 18:8And the king of Israel called for one [of his] officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.Jeremiah 37:15-21Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.2 Chronicles 34:8Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.Jeremiah 38:6-7Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.Acts 24:25-27And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
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