2 Chronicles 18:21

21 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’

2 Chronicles 18:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:21

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2).

2 Chronicles 18:21 In-Context

19 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’

20 Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

21 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’

22 So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

23 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”