20. Then there came a spirit and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. The Lord said to him, By what means?
21. And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall entice him and also succeed. Go forth and do so.
22. Now, you see, the Lord put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.
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 to you?
24. And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
25. Then King [Ahab] of Israel said, Take Micaiah back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son,
26. And say, Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison and feed him with bread and water of affliction until I return in peace.
27. Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he [added], Hear it, you people, all of you!
28. So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
29. And [Ahab] king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and will go to the battle, but you put on your royal robes. So King Ahab of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.
30. Now Syria's king had commanded his chariot captains, Fight not with small or great, but only with the king of Israel.