* shall we go.
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* Go and prosper.
This was strong irony; they were the precise words of the
false prophets; but were spoken by Micaiah in such a tone and
manner as at once shewed Ahab that he did not believe, but
ridiculed these words of uncertainty. The reply of the
Delphian oracle to Crosesus was as ambiguous as that returned
to Pyrrhus, {Croesus Halym penetrans magnam pervertet opum
vim,} "If Croesus crosses the Halys, he will overthrow a great
empire." This he understood of the empire of Cyrus; the event
proved it to be his own: he was deluded, yet the oracle
maintained its credit.
18:27 Jud 10:14 2Ki 3:13 2Ch 18:14 Ec 11:9 Mt 26:45
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