23. “So you see, the lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all your prophets. For the lord has pronounced your doom.”
24. Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the lord leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.
25. And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”
26. “Arrest him!” the king of Israel ordered. “Take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
27. Give them this order from the king: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!’”