English Standard Version

1 Kings 22:14-21 English Standard Version (ESV)

14. But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

15. And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

16. But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

17. And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”

18. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

19. And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left;

20. and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.

21. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’