 | Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 pages
...we might inquire of him ? " " There is yet one man," answers Ahab, Micaiah, the son of Imlah : but I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil."* This Ahab, however, you remember was a gross idolater, and " did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel... | |
 | Thomas Spencer - 1840 - 282 pages
...replied, " There is yet one man, Micaiah, the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord ; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." See here then, sinners, the reason why you will not hearken to your ministers. You know that they show... | |
 | John Goulter Dowling - 1841 - 546 pages
...Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah, the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat 3 said, Let not the king say so." Ahab, doubtless, was quite correct in what he said... | |
 | Christian - 1841 - 998 pages
...his word, so that the sinner thinks of it, and speaks of it as Ahab did of the prophet when he said, ! P @ A This alienation farther appears in neglect, or forsaking, of God's holy ordinances. His sabbaths become... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 568 pages
...Ahab king of Israel, hated the plainness and pungency of the prophet Micaiah. And he spoke it out, " I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." Nor was he alone in disliking plain and pungent prophets. The people were of the same disposition,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 590 pages
...Ahab king of Israel, hated the plainness and pungency of the prophet Micaiah. And he spoke it out, " I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." Nor was he alone in disliking plain and pungent prophets. The people were of the same disposition,... | |
 | 1842 - 608 pages
...Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah, the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." A dislike to hear the truth when opposed to one's interests or prejudices, has always existed in the... | |
 | Robert South - 1842 - 626 pages
...inquire of him ? Why, yes, says Ahab, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord ; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Ay ! that was his crime ; the poor man was so good a subject, and so bad a courtier, as to venture... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pages
...Ahab was unwilling to send for the only other prophet within his reach, when we hear him saying, " I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." But let us observe the reply of Jehoshaphat, "Let not the king say so." Let us apply this exhortation... | |
 | Manasseh ben Israel, Elias Hiam Lindo - 1842 - 354 pages
...behold the son of Imlah, by whom we may enI will deliver it into thy hands. quire of the Lord ; but I hate him for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. If, according to all authors, Micaiah, the son of Imlah, was the prophet who foretold to Ahab the victory... | |
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. 
