2 Chronicles 18:14 - Exposition

This first reply of Micaiah, given in the latter haft of the verse, does not stand for untruth or deceit, but for very thinly veiled, very thinly disguised, very keen taunt and reproof. It has been well described as the ironical echo of the language of the unreal prophets. Micaiah begins by answering a fool according to his folly, i.e. according to his own heart's desire. He had just come from some place of imprisonment or punishment ( 2 Chronicles 18:25 ). And he so spoke or so looked that the king should know he had not spoken his last word in answer to the inquiry addressed to him.