Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 18:26
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The king of Israel issues a command to his officials at the outset of battle, ordering them to deliver a message regarding the prophet Micaiah.
The words — שִׂ֥ימוּ (Si.mu) = put and הַ/כֶּ֑לֶא (ha./Ke.le') = imprisonment form the core command to confine the prophet.
The thread — This royal attempt to confine a divine messenger parallels the earlier imprisonment of a seer in 2 Chronicles 16:10.
Why it lands — The text records a monarch’s order to restrict a prophet’s liberty until his own safe return, requiring the reader to observe the direct clash between earthly command and prophetic declaration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- 1 Samuel 25:21 Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
- 1 Kings 22:26 And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
- 2 Chronicles 18:15 But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
- Psalms 10:5 He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- Psalms 80:5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
- Psalms 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
- Isaiah 30:20 The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.