8And 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 prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. …
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Though Ahab continued under guilt and wrath, and the dominion of the lusts to which he had sold himself, yet, as a reward for his professions of repentance and humiliation, though the time drew near when he should descend into battle and perish, yet we have him blessed with a three years’ peace (1 Kgs. 22:1) and an honourable visit made him by Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 1 Kgs. 22:2. The Jews have…
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