A frequent misinterpretation portrays Ahab's repeated adjuration as a sincere pursuit of honesty, overlooking his deep-seated animosity toward Micaiah for consistently delivering unfavorable prophecies and his expectation of affirmation from the 400 false prophets; this selective demand for truth reveals Ahab's preference for self-serving lies over God's unpalatable reality, not a model of impartial inquiry.
II Chronicles 18:15
King James Version (1769)
15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?
King Ahab presses the prophet Micaiah to swear by the Lord to speak only the truth, emphasizing the sacred obligation of God's messengers to deliver unvarnished divine revelation without flattery or deception, even when it contradicts popular opinion or royal desires, as seen in the surrounding context of false prophets promising victory while Micaiah foretells disaster.