21. Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.’
22. “The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?’“The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab’s prophets and make them tell lies.’“So the Lord said, ‘You will succeed in tricking him. Go and do it.’ ”
23. Micaiah said, “Ahab, the Lord has made your prophets lie to you, and the Lord has decided that disaster should come to you.”
24. Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up to Micaiah and slapped him in the face. Zedekiah said, “Has the Lord’s spirit left me to speak through you?”
25. Micaiah answered, “You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inside room.”
26. Then Ahab king of Israel ordered, “Take Micaiah and send him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son.
27. Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle.”
28. Micaiah said, “Ahab, if you come back safely from battle, the Lord has not spoken through me. Remember my words, all you people!”
29. So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead.
30. King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will go into battle, but I will wear other clothes so no one will recognize me. But you wear your royal clothes.” So Ahab wore other clothes and went into battle.
31. The king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Don’t fight with anyone—important or unimportant—except the king of Israel.”
32. When these commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought he was certainly the king of Israel, so they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat began shouting.
33. When they saw he was not King Ahab, they stopped chasing him.
34. By chance, a soldier shot an arrow, but he hit Ahab king of Israel between the pieces of his armor. King Ahab said to his chariot driver, “Turn around and get me out of the battle, because I am hurt!”
35. The battle continued all day. King Ahab was held up in his chariot and faced the Arameans. His blood flowed down to the bottom of the chariot. That evening he died.
36. Near sunset a cry went out through the army of Israel: “Each man go back to his own city and land.”
37. In that way King Ahab died. His body was carried to Samaria and buried there.