And he said After these words the LXX. adds οὐχ οὕτως οὐκ ἐγώ, -Not so, I do not." Here we can discern how the insertion was made. The next word in the Hebrew text is לכן = Therefore. This the translators have taken for לא כן = not so, and have put in the οὐκ ἐγὼ to round off the sense. Apparently they must have seen or thought they saw the same reading in 1 Kings 22:17 above, for there they have made a similar insertion.

Hear thou therefore R.V. Therefore hear thou. Conforming to the order of the Hebrew, and the order in 2 Chronicles.

I saw the Lord A vision in which Micaiah had been shewn the heavenly council-chamber. Jehovah was sitting as ruler of the universe, and all ministers waiting around to speed at His bidding. These are the ministering spirits of Hebrews 1:14. But they also discharge other ministry, as when the angel of the Lord destroyed David's people (2 Samuel 24:16) or the army of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35).

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