1 Kings 22:16
Good News Translation
But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

New Revised Standard Version
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

Contemporary English Version
"Micaiah, I've told you over and over to tell me the truth!" Ahab shouted. "What does the LORD really say?"

New American Bible
But the king answered him, “How many times must I adjure you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the name of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the name of the Lord.

shall I adjure

Joshua 6:26 Cursed be the man before the Lord, that shall raise up and build the city of Jericho. In his firstborn may he lay the foundation thereof, and in the last of his children set up its gates.

1 Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were joined together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

2 Chronicles 18:15 And the king said: I adjure thee again and again to say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord.

Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

Mark 5:7 And crying with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus the Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not.

Acts 19:13 Now some also of the Jewish exorcists, who went about, attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth.

that thou tell

Jeremiah 42:3-6 And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do. . . .

Matthew 22:16,17 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker and teachest the way of God in truth. Neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men. . . .

Context
Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
15So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him: Go up, and prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hands. 16But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the name of the Lord.17And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace.…
Cross References
1 Kings 22:15
So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him: Go up, and prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hands.

1 Kings 22:17
And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace.

Jeremiah 37:17
And Jeremiah said to king Sedecias: In what have I offended against thee, or thy servants, or thy people, that thou hast cast me into prison?

Jeremiah 38:14
And king Sedecias sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him to the third gate, that was in the house of the Lord: and the king said to Jeremiah: I will ask thee a thing, hide nothing from me.

1 Kings 22:15
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