And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Put this fellow in the prison. Ahab, under the impulse of vehement resentment, remands the prophet until his return.
Bread of affliction ... water of affliction - i:e., the poorest prison fare. Micaiah submitted, but reiterated aloud, in the presence of all the bystanders, that the issue of the war would be fatal to Ahab.