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Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing to the right and to the left of him.
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And the Lord said, "Who will entice King Ahab of Israel, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' Then one said one thing, and another said another,
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until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, "I will entice him.' The Lord asked him, "How?'
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He replied, "I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then the Lord said, "You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do it.'
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So you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; the Lord has decreed disaster for you."
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