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and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
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Punishment, Not Just Prison
Commentators agree that King Ahab's command was intentionally cruel. The 'bread and water of affliction' signified a meager, punishing diet designed to make Micaiah suffer. This wasn't just imprisonment; it was a deliberate act of retribution against God's messenger for delivering an unwelcome truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Feed him with bread of affliction... Micaiah is to be put in prison once more, but, to punish him for his uncomplying spirit, on a poorer …
19th Century
Anglican
Bread of affliction ... (). This is a command of severe treatment, as well as scanty fare. Ahab’s pretense of disbelief—w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And say, thus says the king, put this fellow in prison In the common prison of the city, where he had been before, a…
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