How many times] The interrogation implies a vehement asseveration, thus, Again and again, as by a solemn oath, I charge thee, &c. in the Name of the Lord] Received from the LORD; for Micaiah, in his answer (v. 15.) no way implied that he spake it in the Name of the LORD. The king falsly imagined that it was the will of the LORD that he should recover Ramothgilead.