²⁶ Ahab shouted, “Arrest Micaiah! Take him to Prince Joash and Governor Amon of Samaria.

²⁷ Tell them to put him in prison and to give him nothing but bread and water until I come back safely.”

²⁵ Ahab shouted, “Arrest Micaiah! Take him to Prince Joash and Governor Amon of Samaria.

²⁶ Tell them to put him in prison and to give him nothing but bread and water until I come back safely.”

² and so he hit me.^[a] Then he had me arrested and put in chains^[b] at the Benjamin Gate in the Lord's temple.^[c]

^15-16 They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room.

After I had spent a long time there,

^15-16 They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room.

After I had spent a long time there,

⁶ Then they took me back to the courtyard of the palace guards and let me down with ropes into the well that belonged to Malchiah, the king's son. There was no water in the well, but I sank down in the mud.