Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, 'Which way did the Spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?' — The false prophet Zedekiah (וַיִּגַּשׁ צִדְקִיָּהוּ בֶן־כְּנַעֲנָה וַיַּכֶּה־אֶת־מִיכָיְהוּ עַל־הַלְּחִי) struck Micaiah in anger and mockery (בְּאֵי־זֶה עָבַר רוּחַ־יְהוָה מִמֶּנִּי לְדַבֵּר אִתָּךְ), challenging how God's Spirit could have abandoned him. The violence represented false prophecy defending itself.

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