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Micaiah

also known as: Micah and Michaiah

Hebrew: מִיכָיְהוּ —transliteration: Mikayehu —meaning: Who is like Yah? (Yah and Jah are abbrevations of Yahweh (YHWH), aka Jehovah)

This is the name of 3 biblical men.

  1. Micaiah, son of Imlah (Imla)

    King Ahab and the prohect Micaiah

    And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.” —1 Kings 22:8 LSB

    This faithful prophet of Samaria was the son of Imlah (Imla) (1 Kings 22:8-28).

    Three years after the great battle with Ben-hadad (20:29-34), Ahab proposed to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, that they should go up against Ramoth-Gilead to do battle again with Ben-hadad.

    Jehoshaphat agreed, but suggested that inquiry should be first made “at the word of Jehovah.” Ahab’s false prophets approved of the expedition; but Jehoshaphat, still dissatisfied, asked if there was no other prophet besides the 400 hundred that had appeared, and was informed of this Micaiah.

    He was sent for from prison, where he had been confined, probably on account of some prophecy that was disagreeable to King Ahab; and he first lied and then when urged to tell the truth, he condemned the expedition, and prophesied that it would end, as it did, in disaster.

    Read: 1 Kings 22

    We hear nothing further of this prophet. Some have supposed that he was the unnamed prophet referred to in 1 Kings 20.

    A Prophecy Enrages Ahab
    Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Yahweh, “Please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him. Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you walk away from me, a lion will strike you down.” And as soon as he had walked away from him, a lion found him and struck him down. Then he found another man and said, “Please strike me.” And the man struck him, wounding him. So the prophet walked away and stood by, for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes. —1 Kings 20:35-38 LSB

    Read the whole account: 1 Kings 20:35-42

  2. Micaiah, an Ephraimite

    also known as: Micah

    He is mentioned in Judges 17:1, 4; 17:5; 18:2.

    Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. —Judges 17:1

  3. Micaiah, the son of Gemariah?

    This man is mentioned by the prophet Jeremiah in the book of Jeremiah. He lived at the same time as Jeremiah.

    Then Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of Yahweh from the book.

    And Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book in the hearing of the people. —Jeremiah 36:11, 13 LSB

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Article Version: July 12, 2024