15. When he came to the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?”Micaiah said to him, “Attack and you will win. The Lord will hand it over to you.”
16. The king asked him, “How many times must I make you take an oath in the Lord’s name to tell me nothing but the truth?”
17. So Micaiah said, “I saw Israel’s troops scattered in the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These ⌊sheep⌋ have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’ ”
18. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he wouldn’t prophesy anything good about me, only evil?”
19. Micaiah added, “Then hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and the entire army of heaven was standing near him on his right and his left.