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2 Chronicles 18:13

And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
2 Chronicles 18:13 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what my God says, that will I speak.”
  • BSB But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  • NKJV And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.”
  • NASB But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, I will speak it.”
  • NLT But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what my God says.”

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Quick answer

Micaiah vows by the living LORD to speak only what God says, regardless of the cost.

Overview

This is the heart of faithful prophecy: bound to God's word, not to men's expectations. Micaiah's resolve models the integrity required of every messenger of God. The true prophet serves the LORD who lives, and so cannot trade truth for favor.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Num 22:35And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  • Num 22:18–20And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
  • Num 24:13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
  • Gal 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
  • 1 Th 2:4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
  • Ezek 2:7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
  • Jer 42:4Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
  • Num 23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
  • 2 Cor 2:17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
  • Mic 2:6–7Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
  • 1 Cor 11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
  • Num 23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
  • Jer 23:28The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
  • Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

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Temple, priesthood, and the repeated need for a faithful king who seeks the LORD all point past every imperfect reign to the King and Temple who finally and fully dwell with God's people.

How 2 Chronicles 18:13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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