1 Kings 2:22
2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? 1 Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
1 Kings 9:3
9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 2 your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; 3 I will be constantly present there. 4
1 Kings 22:15
22:15 When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” 5
1 tn Heb “for Adonijah.”
2 tn Heb “I have heard.”
3 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
4 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
5 sn “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when it is revealed that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 14 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of the Lord; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word itself is deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 16), does Micaiah do so.