11. All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
12. The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.”
13. Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will say what my God says.”
14. When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?”He said, “Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand.”
15. The king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the Lord’s name?”
16. He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’”
17. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
18. Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the Lord’s word: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
19. The Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
20. A spirit came out, stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will entice him.’“The Lord said to him, ‘How?’
21. “He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’“He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’
22. “Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.”
23. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”
24. Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
25. The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;