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Then Micaiah replied, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd! And then the LORD said: ‘They have no master. Let them return safely to their own homes.'"
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Then Israel's king said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you? He never prophesies anything good about me, only bad."
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Then Micaiah said, "Listen now to the LORD's word: I saw the LORD enthroned with all the heavenly forces stationed at his right and at his left.
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The LORD said, ‘Who will persuade Israel's King Ahab so that he attacks Ramoth-gilead and dies there?' There were several suggestions,
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until one particular spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I will persuade him.' ‘How?' the LORD asked.