Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
Here Micaiah does well, but, as is common, suffers ill for so doing. I. We are told how faithfully he delivered his message, as one that was more solicitous to please God than to humour either the great or the many. In three ways he delivers his message, and all displeasing to Ahab: - 1.
Commenting on 1 Kings 22:15-28
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near,.... Stepped in haste and passion from the place where he was: and smote Micaiah on the cheek; in contempt of him, and to show his indignation at what he said; this he did in open court, before two kings; one he believed would favour and screen him in this lawless action, and the other, out of his...
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. (q) Here we see that though the devil is always ready to bring us to destruction, yet he has no more power than God gives him.