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Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.
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The King's Eunuch
Commentators note that the 'officer' sent to fetch Micaiah was likely a 'eunuch.' This detail reveals that the kings of Israel, after the kingdom divided, continued the practice of employing eunuchs in the royal court, a custom that became more common during the reigns of David and Solomon.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
An officer — More properly, as in the margin, “a eunuch.” Eunuchs seem to have been first introduced among the Israelites by David ([Referen…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the king of Israel called an officer An eunuch, as the word is sometimes used, one of pages:
The same easygoing nature, which leads some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, makes it very dangerous for them. …
