5:2, with Matthew 2:6; John 7:42. 7:6, with Matthew 10:21,35,36. 7:20,
with Luke 1:72,73.
- MICAIAH who is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet of
Samaria (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 prophets approved of the
expedition; but Jehoshaphat, still dissatisfied, asked if there was no other
prophet besides the four 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 prediction disagreeable to Ahab; and he
condemned the expedition, and prophesied that it would end, as it did, in
disaster. We hear nothing further of this prophet. Some have supposed
that he was the unnamed prophet referred to in 1 Kings 20:35-42. - MICHA (1.) 2 Samuel 9:12 =MICAH (2).
(2.) The son of Zabdi, a Levite of the family of Asaph (Nehemiah 11:17,
22).
- MICHAEL who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels
(Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He
disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is also
represented as warning against “that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world” (Revelation 12:7-9).
(2.) The father of Sethur, the spy selected to represent Asher (Numbers
13:13).
(3.) 1 Chronicles 7:3, a chief of the tribe of Issachar.
(4.) 1 Chronicles 8:16, a Benjamite.
(5.) A chief Gadite in Bashan (1 Chronicles 5:13).
(6.) A Manassite, “a captain of thousands” who joined David at Ziklag (1
Chronicles 12:20).
(7.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:40).
(8.) The father of Omri (1 Chronicles 27:18).