John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 20:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And a certain man of the sons of the prophets, etc.] Which the Jews take to be Micaiah, and so Josephus f440, which is probable; the same that had been with Ahab more than once; and, whoever he was, it is not unlikely that he was the same, since Ahab knew him when his disguise was off, (<112041>1 Kings 20:41), said unto his neighbour, in the word of the Lord, smite me, I pray thee; told his neighbour, that by the command of God he was ordered to bid him smite him, so as to wound him: and the man refused to smite him; being his neighbour, and perhaps a fellow prophet, and having an affection for him.

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