2 Chronicles 18:4–27

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.⇉⇇

Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of ↦prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, ↦Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, ↦Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.⇇

But Jehoshaphat said, ↦Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?⇇

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet ↦one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but ↦I hate him; for he never prophesied ↦good unto ↦me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, ↦Let not the king say so.⇇

And the king of Israel called for one of his ↦officers, and said, ↦Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.⇇

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah ↦sat either of them on his throne, ↦clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and ↦all the prophets prophesied before them.⇇

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him ↦horns of iron, and said, ↦Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.⇇

And ↦all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.⇇

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, ↦Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one ↦assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.⇇

And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, ↦even what my God saith, that will I speak.⇇

And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, ↦Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.⇇

And the king said to him, How many times ↦shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?⇇

Then ↦he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, ↦as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no ↦master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.⇇

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ↦Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?⇇

Again he said, Therefore ↦hear the word of the LORD; ↦I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and ↦all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.⇇

And the LORD said, ↦Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may ↦go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.⇇

Then ↦there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?⇇

And he said, I will go out, and be ↦a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, ↦Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.⇇

Now therefore, behold, ↦the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, ↦and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.⇇

Then ↦Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, ↦Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?⇇

And Micaiah said, ↦Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.⇉⇇

Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, ↦and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;⇇

And say, Thus saith the king, ↦Put ↦this fellow in the prison, and feed him with ↦bread of affliction and with water of affliction, ↦until I return in peace.⇇

And Micaiah said, ↦If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, ↦Hearken, all ye people.⇇