2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 18:10 shows Zedekiah's false prophecy with iron horns; in verse 23, he strikes Micaiah, revealing his hostility.
1 Kings 22:23-25 records the same incident: Zedekiah strikes Micaiah, reinforcing the false prophet's hostility.
Matthew 26:67 records Jesus being struck and slapped — fulfilling the pattern of the faithful prophet struck on the cheek, as Micaiah was.
In Matthew 26:68, Jesus is struck and mocked with 'Prophesy, who hit you?'—a direct parallel to Zedekiah's sarcastic challenge.
Mark 14:65 describes Jesus being struck and mocked to prophesy — echoing Micaiah's experience of being struck and challenged about the Spirit.
John 18:22 has Jesus struck by an officer — another instance of a righteous figure struck for speaking truth, paralleling Micaiah.
In Acts 23:2, the high priest similarly orders Paul struck on the mouth—a parallel assault on God's messenger by religious authority.
In 1 Kings 22:24, the identical account of Zedekiah slapping Micaiah—the parallel narrative of the same event.
In Job 16:10, Job laments being struck on the cheek in scorn—the same mocking physical assault suffered by Micaiah.
In Jeremiah 23:18, false prophets are condemned for not standing in God's council—explains why Zedekiah's claim to the Spirit is false.
Jeremiah 20:2 records Pashhur beating Jeremiah — another faithful prophet physically abused for speaking God's word, similar to Micaiah.
Jeremiah 28:11 records Hananiah's symbolic act (breaking the yoke) to oppose Jeremiah—a parallel false prophet action against a true prophet.