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2 Chronicles 18:13
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But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
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And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
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Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say what my God says.”
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And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what my God saith, that will I speak.
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2 Chronicles 18
11 And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
12 Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
14 When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”
15 But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
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