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Sarcasm as a Prophetic Tool
Commentators are unanimous that Micaiah's response, "Go up and prosper," is not a genuine blessing but sharp, mocking irony. He intentionally repeats the exact words of the 400 false prophets to expose their foolishness. Scholars like Barnes and Ellicott explain that the sarcastic tone was so obvious that King Ahab immediately knew Micaiah was not being serious and demanded the real truth.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 22:15
18th Century
Theologian
And he answered him... - Micaiah speaks the exact words of the 400 in such a mocking and ironic tone that the king cannot mistake his meanin…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 22:15
19th Century
Bishop
Go, and prosper. —Micaiah is a true disciple of Elijah in the defiant irony of the tone in which he takes up and mocks the utterance of th…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 22:15
17th Century
Pastor
So he came to the king Being introduced by the officer:
and the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 22:15–28
17th Century
Minister
The greatest kindness we can do to someone who is going in a dangerous way is to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened criminal without exc…