Tag Archives: 2 Chronicles 18:7

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֶֽל־יְהֹושָׁפָ֡ט עֹ֣וד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֡ד לִדְרֹושׁ֩ אֶת־יְהוָ֨ה מֵֽאֹתֹ֜ו וַאֲנִ֣י שְׂנֵאתִ֗יהוּ כִּֽי־֠אֵינֶנּוּ מִתְנַבֵּ֨א עָלַ֤י לְטֹובָה֙ כִּ֣י כָל־יָמָ֣יו לְרָעָ֔ה ה֖וּא מִיכָ֣יְהוּ בֶן־יִמְלָ֑א וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְהֹ֣ושָׁפָ֔ט אַל־יֹאמַ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ כֵּֽן׃ (2 Chronicles 18:7) And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat there is still one man to inquire of YJWH from him but I hate him because he does not prophesy good concerning me but all his days evil he is Micaiah son of Imlah and Jehoshaphat said let not the king say so. Framing the Dialogue: וַיֹּאמֶר … וַיֹּאמֶר The verse is framed by two sequential narrative verbs: וַיֹּאמֶר — Qal wayyiqtol 3ms of אָמַר (“he said”), the typical narrative past form introducing speech First spoken by מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל (King of Yisraʾel), and then by יְהֹושָׁפָט (Yehoshafat), king of Yehudah.… Learn Hebrew