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"What the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak."
Meaning: Who is like Jehovah
Pronounciation: My-chi'-ah
Where is Micaiah? 1 Kings 22
History: Our Micaiah was named after an ancient prophet who was a contemporary of the famous prophet Elijah.
Macaiah, and Elijah lived during a time of almost universal apostacy among God's people. It seemed as if all Israel had forsaken the the true God, His prophets, His altars, and His instructions. God's favoured people had turned to Baal(sun) worship.
The situation looked so hopeless that
Elijah had once said "I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." 1 Kings 19:14
God's reply to Elijah, "I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him." must have been very comforting to him in this time of deep discouragment.
Micaiah, could have been one of the prophets who had been secretly protected by king Ahab's governor Obadiah. See 1 Kings 18:3-4.
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Prophets in the Bible
From the earliest times, prophets had been recognized as teachers divinely appointed.
In the highest sense the prophet was one who spoke by direct inspiration, communicating to the people the messages he had received from God.
But the name was given also to those who, though not so directly inspired, were divinely called to instruct the people in the works and ways of God. For the training of such a class of teachers, Samuel, by the Lord's direction, established the "schools of the prophets." |
