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"Then a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord, and said, 'I will entice him.' "The Lord asked him, 'How?'
21
"So he said, 'I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' "Then He said, 'You will entice him and also prevail. Go and do that.'
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"Now, you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you."
23
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, "Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?"
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Micaiah replied, "You will soon see when you go to hide yourself in an inner chamber on that day."
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[a].
Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg add all; 1 Kg 22:23