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The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”

1 Kings 22:16 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૨૨:૧૬
પછી રાજાએ તેને કહ્યું, “હું કેટલી વાર તને સોગન આપું કે, તારે મને યહોવાહને નામે સત્ય વગર બીજું કંઈ કહેવું નહિ?”
हिन्दी1 राजाओं २२:१६
राजा ने उससे कहा, “मुझे कितनी बार तुझे शपथ धराकर चिताना होगा, कि तू यहोवा का स्मरण करके मुझसे सच ही कह।”

In context

14Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I will speak.”

15When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?” He answered him, “Go up and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

16The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”

17He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’”

18The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

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