Micaiah: Who is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet of Samaria
(1 Kings 22:8-28) Three years after the great battle with Ben-hadad
(1 Kings 20:29-34) Ahab proposed to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, that
they should go up against Ramoth-Gilead to do battle again with
Ben-hadad. Jehoshaphat agreed, but suggested that inquiry should be
first made "at the word of Jehovah." Ahab's prophets approved of the
expedition; but Jehoshaphat, still dissatisfied, asked if there was no
other prophet besides the four hundred that had appeared, and was
informed of this Micaiah. He was sent for from prison, where he had
been confined, probably on account of some prediction disagreeable to
Ahab; and he condemned the expedition, and prophesied that it would
end, as it did, in disaster. We hear nothing further of this prophet.
Some have supposed that he was the unnamed prophet referred to in
(1 Kings 20:35-42)
