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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 22:27
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 22:27
19th Century
Bishop
Bread of affliction ... (). This is a command of severe treatment, as well as scanty fare. Ahab’s pretense of disbelief—w…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 22:27
17th Century
Pastor
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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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…