Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 22:8
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1 Kings22:8
8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Micaiah the son of Imlah) by whom we may enquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesie good concerning me, but evil . And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so .
To wit, in this place, for whom I can speedily send: for there were also other Prophets elsewhere in the Kingdom, as Elijah, Elisha, and others: but these were not at hand for the present occasion.
Not one of the 12 Prophets, who lived about 150 Years after this time, but another of that name.
He is always a messenger of evil tidings: which was true, but no sufficient reason why he should hate him, because Micaiah was purely Gods instrument in all his messages: and whatsoever evil he threatned, Ahab himself was the cause and procurer of it.
Do not presage evil to our enterprize: let us neither hate his person, nor despise his message; but first hear it, and then do as we see cause.
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