Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab
2 Chronicles 18:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
- KJV
- And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.officers: or, eunuchsFetch…: Heb. Hasten
- WEB
- Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly.”
- ASV
- Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
- LSV
- And the king of Israel calls to a certain officer and says, “Hurry Micaiah son of Imlah.”
- YLT
- And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, 'Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'
- DBY
- Then the king of Israel called a chamberlain, and said, Fetch quickly Micah the son of Imlah.
- DRC
- And the king of Israel called one of the eunuchs, and said to him: Call quickly Micheas the son of Jemla.
- GNV
- And the King of Israel called an eunuche, and said, Call quickly Michaiah the sonne of Imla.
- JPS
- Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: 'Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.'
- LXXE
- And the king called an eunuch, and said, Fetch quickly Michaias the son of Jembla.
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- Written (Ketiv): מִיכָהוּ (“Micahu”). Read aloud (Qere): מִיכָ֥יְהוּ (“Micaiah”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads מִיכָ֥הְוּ; read aloud (Qere) reads מִיכָ֥יְהוּ (“Micaiah”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּקְרָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־סָרִ֖יס אֶחָ֑ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַהֵ֖ר מיכהו בֶן־יִמְלָֽא׃Read aloud as (qere): מִיכָ֥יְהוּ
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς εὐνοῦχον ἕνα, καὶ εἶπε, τάχος Μιχαίαν υἱὸν Ἰεμβλά.
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- Isaiah 39:7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
- 1 Samuel 8:15He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
- Daniel 1:7–8The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with…
- 2 Chronicles 18:25–26And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread…
- 1 Kings 22:9So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
- Daniel 1:3Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—
- 1 Chronicles 28:1Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all…
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