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And all the prophets prophesied so and said, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph. The LORD will give it into the hand of the king."
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And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, "Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably."
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But Micaiah said,
1"As the LORD lives,
2what my God says, that I will speak."
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And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" And he answered, "Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand."
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But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"
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And he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains,
3as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.'"
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
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And Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD:
4I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
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And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said one thing, and another said another.
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Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, 'I will entice him.' And the LORD said to him, 'By what means?'
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And he said, 'I will go out, and will be
5a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.'