{"id":62972,"date":"2019-09-17T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=62972"},"modified":"2023-04-10T18:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T15:03:41","slug":"another-prophetic-face-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/another-prophetic-face-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Prophetic Face Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[927,506,463],"acf":{"old_id":"62972","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"309","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Micaiah is the one telling the truth - most of the time...","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in chapter 18, we witnessed Elijah win a contest that pitted him against 450 prophets of Ba`al and 400 prophets of Asherah. Now, we are witness to yet another face-off, this time pitting another single true prophet, Micaiah ben Imla, against 400 other prophets\u2014perhaps the same 400 prophets of Asherah who escaped their fate previously? The subject: Should the combined forces of the two kingdoms of Israel launch a coordinated attack against Aram?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The messenger who was dispatched to summon Micaiah attempted to put his finger on the scale, so to speak, by intimating that Micaiah should join in the chorus of the other prophets and support the attack. Micaiah, however, replied: \u201cI will speak only what the LORD tells me\u201d (14).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he came before the king, the king said to him, \u201cMicaiah, shall we march upon Ramoth-gilead for battle, or shall we not?\u201d He answered him, \u201cMarch and triumph! The LORD will deliver [it] into Your Majesty\u2019s hands.\u201d The king said to him, \u201cHow many times must I adjure you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?\u201d Then he said, \u201cI saw all Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd; and the LORD said, \u2018These have no master; let everyone return to his home in safety.\u2019\u201d \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you,\u201d said the king of Israel to Jehoshaphat, \u201cthat he would not prophesy good fortune for me, but only misfortune?\u201d (15-18)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arguably, the only king who spoke here was Ahab, who is clearly the subject of the final verse, in which he addressed Jehoshaphat. This would imply that Ahab was also the only king to be addressed here by Micaiah. 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