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MICAIAH

1. Prophet and Imlah’s son, called by Ahab to forecast the result of projected battles against the Syrians. At first Micaiah mocks him with glad news, then tells the cruel truth. Ahab casts the prophet into prison as a kind of ransom, but the wicked ruler dies in battle, just as Micaiah predicted (1 Kgs 22:8; 2 Chr 18:7-25).

Show passage in OET: KI1 22:8

OET-RV KI1 22:8

8 “There’s still one man who speaks for Yahweh,” Ahav replied to Yehoshafat, “Yimla’s son Mikayah, but I myself hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me—only negative things.”
¶ “The king shouldn’t talk like that,” said Yehoshafat.

OET-LV KI1 22:8

8 And_ the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _he/it _said to Yəhōshāfāţ still a _man one to_consult DOM YHWH from_DOM_him and_I I_hate _him if/because not he _prophesies on_me good if/because (if) evil Mīkāyəhū the _son _of Yimlāʼ/(Imlah) and_ Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) _he/it _said not the_king let _him _speak thus.

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2. Father of Acbor, one of the court officials whom King Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah to get an opinion on the Book of the Law that Hilkiah the high priest had found in the temple (2 Kgs 22:12; 2 Chr 34:20, “Abdon, son of Micah”).

Show passage in OET: KI2 22:12

OET-RV KI2 22:12

12 and commanded the priest Hilkiyah, Shafan’s son Ahikam, Mikayah’s son Akbor, the scribe Shafan, and the king’s servant Asayah,

OET-LV KI2 22:12

12 And_ the_king _he/it _commanded DOM Ḩilqiy^yāh the_priest/officer and_DOM ʼAḩīqām the _son _of Shāfān and_DOM ˊAkbōr the _son _of Mīkā^yāh and_DOM Shāfān the_scribe and_DOM ˊAsā^yāh the _servant _of the_king to_say.

Show passage in OET: CH2 34:20

OET-RV CH2 34:20

20 Then he commanded Hilkiyah, Shafan’s son Ahikam, Mikah’s son Avdon, Shafan himself, and the king’s special advisor Asayah,

OET-LV CH2 34:20

20 And_ the_king _he/it _commanded DOM Ḩilqiy^yāh and_DOM ʼAḩīqām the _son _of Shāfān and_DOM ˊAⱱdōn the _son _of Mīkāh and_DOM Shāfān the_scribe and_DOM ˊAsā^yāh the _servant _of the_king to_say.

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3. Alternate rendering of Maacah, mother of Judah’s King Abijah, in 2 Chronicles 13:2. See Maacah, Maachah (Person) #4.

Show passage in OET: CH2 13:2

OET-RV CH2 13:2

2 He ruled from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) for three years. (His mother was Uriel’s daughter Mikayah from Giveah.)
¶ However, war started between Aviyah and Yarov’am.

OET-LV CH2 13:2

2 Three years he _reigned in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_name _of his/its_mother was_Mīkāyəhū the _daughter _of ʼŪrī^ʼēl from Gibeah and_war it _was between ʼAⱱiy^yāh and_between Yāroⱱˊām.

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4. Teacher commissioned by King Jehoshaphat to teach the law of the Lord throughout Judah (2 Chr 17:7).

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OET-RV CH2 17:7

7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben -Hayil, Ovadyah (Obadiah), Zekaryah (Zechariah), Netanel, and Mikayah, to teach in Yehudah’s cities.

OET-LV CH2 17:7

7 And_in_year _of three of_reigning_his he _sent (to)_officials _of_his (to)_Ben- ḩayil and_(to)_ˊOⱱad^yāh and_(to)_Zəkar^yāh and_(to)_Nətan^ʼēl and_(to)_Mīkāyəhū to_teach in_the _cities _of Yəhūdāh.

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5. Alternate spelling of Mica, Zicri’s son, in Nehemiah 12:35. See Mica #2.

Show passage in OET: NEH 12:35

OET-RV NEH 12:35

35 plus some of the next generation of priests with trumpets: Zekaryah (Zechariah) (son of Yonatan (Jonathan), son of Shemayah, son of Matanyah, son of Mikayah, son of Zakur, son of Asaf)

OET-LV NEH 12:35

35 And_some_of _the _sons _of the _priests with_trumpets Zəkar^yāh the _son _of Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan) the _son _of Shəmaˊ^yāh the _son _of Mattan^yāh the _son _of Mīkā^yāh the _son _of Zakkūr the _son _of ʼĀşāf.

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6. Priest who blew a trumpet at the dedication of the Jerusalem wall (Neh 12:41).

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OET-RV NEH 12:41

41 as well as the priests with their trumpets: Elyakim, Ma’aseyah, Minyamin, Mikayah, Elyehoeynay, Zekaryah, Hananyah,

OET-LV NEH 12:41

41 And_the_priests ʼElyāqīm Maˊₐsē^yāh Minyāmīn Mīkā^yāh ʼElyəhōˊēynay Zəkar^yāh Ḩₐnan^yāh with_trumpets.

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7. Gemariah’s son, who reported the words of the Lord to Jewish princes during the reign of King Jehoiakim (Jer 36:11-13).

Show passage in OET: JER 36:11–13

OET-RV JER 36:11

11 When Mikayah (son of Gemaryah son of Shafan) heard all Yahweh’s messages from the scroll,

OET-RV JER 36:12

12 he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace, and wow, all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Shemayah’s son Delayah, Akbor’s son Elnatan, Shafan’s son Gemaryah, and Hananyah’s son Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah), along with all the other officials.

OET-RV JER 36:13

13 When Mikayah reported to them all the messages that he’d heard Baruk read aloud for the people to hear,

OET-LV JER 36:11

11 And_ Mīkāyəhū the _son _of Gəmar^yāh the _son _of Shāfān _he/it _listened DOM all _of the _words/messages _of YHWH from_under the_scroll.

OET-LV JER 36:12

12 And_he/it _descended the _house _of the_king to the _room _of the _scribe and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE there all _of the_officials ʼElīshāˊma the_scribe and_Dəlā^yāh the _son _of Shəmaˊ^yāh and_ʼElnātān the _son _of ˊAkbōr and_Gəmar^yāh the _son _of Shāfān and_Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _son _of Ḩₐnan^yāh and_all the_officials were_sitting.

OET-LV JER 36:13

13 And_he _told to/for_them Mīkāyəhū DOM all _of the_words/messages which he _had _heard when_ Bārūk _read _aloud in_scroll in_the _ears _of the _people.

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