John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:27
And say, thus saith the king, put this fellow in prison ,.... In the common prison of the city, where he had been before, as it seems; and might be now ordered into a more confined place in it, and what might be called "little ease": and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction ; with bad bread and foul water, and but little of either; just enough to keep alive, and to continue starving: until I come in peace ; which he seemed confident of, and intimates that... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 22:15-28
Here Micaiah does well, but, as is common, suffers ill for so doing. I. We are told how faithfully he delivered his message, as one that was more solicitous to please God than to humour either the great or the many. In three ways he delivers his message, and all displeasing to Ahab:? 1. He spoke as the rest of the prophets had spoken, but ironically: Go, and prosper, 1 Kgs. 22:15. Ahab put the same question to him that he had put to his own prophets (Shall we go, or shall we forbear?) seeming... read more