1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man [Cf. 1 Kings 18:22 ], Micaiah [The name ( = Who is like Jehovah?) is as appropriate to the man who bore it as Elijah's name was to him ( 1 Kings 17:1 ; cf. 1 Kings 18:39 ). But it is not an uncommon name in the Old Testament—it is borne by eight different persons. Compare Michael, "Who is like God?"] the son of Imlah [The chronicler writes the name Imla , יִמְלָא ], by whom we may inquire of the Lord [Ahab evidently had wished Jehoshaphat to understand that the prophets already consulted were prophets of Jehovah, as no doubt they claimed to be. One of them bore a name in which the sacred Jah formed a part]: but I hate [ שְׂנֵאתִי (cf. odi ), have learned to hate ] him [Ahab had good reasons for not caring to consult a man whom he had put into prison (see 1 Kings 18:26 , and compare Matthew 14:3 ), because of his reproofs or unwelcome predictions. Josephus, and Jewish writers generally, identify Micaiah with the nameless prophet of 1 Kings 21:1-29 :42]; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evi l [The chronicler adds כָל־יָמָיו ; i.e; persistently, throughout his whole career. Ahab insinuates that Micaiah is actuated by personal dislike. The commentators refer to Homer. I1. 4; 106-108.] And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. [He does not mean that the prophet cannot say just what he will, but suggests that Ahab is prejudiced against him. Perhaps he suspected that there might be a very different reason for Micaiah's sinister predictions.]