1 Kings 22:27

27 and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with scant fare of bread and water, until I come in peace."'"

1 Kings 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:27

And say, thus saith the king, put this fellow in prison
In the common prison of the city, where he had been before, as it seems; and might be now ordered into a more confined place in it, and what might be called "little ease":

and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction;
with bad bread and foul water, and but little of either; just enough to keep alive, and to continue starving:

until I come in peace;
which he seemed confident of, and intimates that then he would punish him more severely, even with death, as a false prophet.

1 Kings 22:27 In-Context

25 And Micai'ah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself."

26 And the king of Israel said, "Seize Micai'ah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Jo'ash the king's son;

27 and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with scant fare of bread and water, until I come in peace."'"

28 And Micai'ah said, "If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Hear, all you peoples!"

29 So the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.