מִיכָֽיְהוּ

Judges 17:1 מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ [was] Micaiah

Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

Judges 17:4 מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ Micaiah

So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

Here: The long form of the name, used only in vv. 1 and 4. From v. 5 on he is 'Micah'. The name means 'Who is like YHWH?', which reads with sharp irony when the man's house now holds a man-made likeness meant for YHWH.

1 Kings 22:8 מִיכָ֖יְהוּ Micaiah

The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

Here: 'Who is like Yahweh?' A fitting name for the prophet who will describe Yahweh's heavenly court (vv. 19–23). The name comes only at the end of the king's speech, almost grudgingly.

1 Kings 22:9 מִיכָ֥יְהוּ Micaiah

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

1 Kings 22:13 מִיכָ֗יְהוּ Micaiah

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”

1 Kings 22:14 מִיכָ֑יְהוּ Micaiah

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”

Here: The name means “Who is like Yahweh?” It suits a man who is about to set Yahweh's word against the word of four hundred prophets and the wishes of two kings.

1 Kings 22:15 מִיכָ֙יְהוּ֙ O Micaiah

When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

1 Kings 22:24 מִיכָ֖יְהוּ Micaiah

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

Here: The lone prophet who has just told the kings that Yahweh put a lying spirit in the four hundred (v.23). His name is itself a question about Yahweh, and Zedekiah answers him with a mocking question about Yahweh's spirit.

1 Kings 22:25 מִיכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

Here: The name means 'Who is like YHWH?' That fits a scene in which one prophet of the LORD stands against four hundred who also claim to speak for him.

1 Kings 22:26 מִיכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

1 Kings 22:28 מִיכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

Here: The name means “Who is like Yahweh?” It suits a prophet who stands alone against four hundred court prophets and holds that only Yahweh's word decides the outcome.

2 Chronicles 18:7 מִיכָ֣יְהוּ [is] Micaiah

The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

Here: The name means 'Who is like Yahweh?'. He is not the canonical prophet Micah of Moresheth, who lived more than a century later.

2 Chronicles 18:8 מִיכָ֥יְהוּ Micaiah

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

2 Chronicles 18:12 לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּ <to> Micaiah

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”

2 Chronicles 18:13 מִיכָ֑יְהוּ Micaiah

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”

Here: The name means “Who is like YHWH?” That fits a man about to say that no pressure, whether from the king or from 400 prophets, outranks what his God says. In the next verse the king uses the short form “Micah”.

2 Chronicles 18:23 מִיכָ֖יְהוּ Micaiah

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

2 Chronicles 18:24 מִיכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

Here: The name means "Who is like YHWH?" A fitting name for the lone prophet who stands against four hundred court prophets.

2 Chronicles 18:25 מִיכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

2 Chronicles 18:27 מִיכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

Here: The name means “Who is like Yahweh?” That fits a prophet who stands alone against four hundred court prophets and insists that only Yahweh's word decides the outcome.

Jeremiah 36:11 מִכָ֨יְהוּ Micaiah

When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

Jeremiah 36:13 מִכָ֔יְהוּ Micaiah

And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.