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I Kings 22: 27. As we have already considered the experience of Micaiah, we will
only quote the verse that is listed in The Companion Bible:
"Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I come in peace."
Thus king Ahab did not believe the prophet and thought he would return safely. He
rejected the word of God and also the prophet Micaiah.
II Kings 5: 12. Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man
and a mighty man, but he was a leper. The Syrians had taken captives from the hand of
Israel including a little girl. As a result of her testimony, Naaman went to Elisha hoping
that he would cure him of his leprosy. We quote:
"And Elisha sent a messenger unto him saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times,
and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth,
and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand,
and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover
the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in rage"
(II Kings 5: 10-12).
His servants came to him and persuaded him to obey the prophet, so Naaman dipped
himself seven times in Jordan and was cleansed. There was an initial rejection of the
word of God spoken through the prophet and Naaman turned from Elisha in a rage, thus
rejecting Elisha. The whole narrative, including the judgment of leprosy that fell on
Elisha's servant Gehazi, is recorded in II Kings 5: 1-27.
II Chronicles 16: 10. We have already given a brief account of Hanani the seer.
The king of Judah feared Israel and asked Syria for support. Hanani told Asa, king of
Judah, that he had been foolish and in future he would have wars. II Chron. 16: 10
reads:
"Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a
rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same
time."
Again, the word of God, and his prophet were both rejected, and the prophet put in
prison.
II Chronicles 24: 21. Joash was 7 years old when he began to reign and he reigned
40 years in Jerusalem. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord while
Jehoiada was priest. A collection was made and the temple repaired. Jehoiada died aged
130 years.