1 Kings 22:24
Good News Translation
Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, "Since when did the LORD's spirit leave me and speak to you?"

New Revised Standard Version
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?”

Contemporary English Version
Zedekiah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him on the face. Then he asked, "Do you really think the LORD would speak to you and not to me?"

New American Bible
Thereupon Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, came up and struck Micaiah on the cheek, saying, “Has the spirit of the LORD, then, left me to speak with you?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?

Zedekiah

1 Kings 22:11 And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

smote Micaiah

2 Chronicles 18:23,24 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek and said: Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speak to thee? . . .

Isaiah 50:5,6 The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back. . . .

Lamentations 3:30 Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

Micah 5:1 Arise, and tread, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thy horn iron, and thy hoofs I will make brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples, and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.

Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet him and to say unto him: Prophesy. And the servants struck him with the palms their hands.

Mark 15:19,20 And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him. . . .

John 15:18 If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you.

John 15:20 Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Acts 23:2 And the high priest, Ananias, commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Which way

Jeremiah 28:10,11 And Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke it. . . .

Jeremiah 29:26,27 The Lord hath made thee priest instead of Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the Lord, over every man that raveth and prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, and into prison. . . .

Matthew 26:68 Saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ. Who is he that struck thee?

Matthew 27:42,43 He saved others: himself he cannot save. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross: and we will believe him. . . .

Context
Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
23Now, therefore, behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 24And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?25And Micheas said: Thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamber within a chamber to hide thyself.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:39
But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:

Acts 23:2
And the high priest, Ananias, commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For, sittest thou to judge me according to the law and, contrary to the law, commandest me to be struck?

1 Kings 22:11
And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

2 Chronicles 18:23
And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek and said: Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speak to thee?

Micah 5:1
Arise, and tread, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thy horn iron, and thy hoofs I will make brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples, and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.

1 Kings 22:23
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