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2 Chronicles 18:19
And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses the heavenly host within Micaiah’s vision, asking which member will volunteer to influence Ahab’s campaign at Ramoth-gilead.
The words — The Hebrew verb יְפַתֶּה (ye.fa.Teh) literally means “will he deceive” or “entice,” positioned after מִי (mi, “who?”) to frame a direct divine query about agency.
The thread — This identical divine inquiry and response pattern appears in the parallel account recorded in 1 Kings 22:20.
Why it lands — The text states that God poses a question to His court and receives multiple suggestions, demonstrating that the narrative presents divine action as initiated through willing participants rather than unilateral force.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 22:20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
- 2 Chronicles 25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:19 You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
- Job 12:16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
- Proverbs 11:5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Isaiah 6:9 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
- Ezekiel 14:9 But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11 For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
- James 1:13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.