2 Chronicles 18:18-24

18 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing on his right and on his left.

19 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that.

20 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “ ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked.

21 “ ‘I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

22 “So now the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours. The LORD has decreed disaster for you.”

23 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from^[a] the LORD go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked.

24 Micaiah replied, “You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.”

2 Chronicles 18:18-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 18

Cross References

• 1. Daniel 7:9
• 2. 1 Chronicles 21:1; Job 1:6; Zechariah 3:1; John 8:44
• 3. Job 12:16; Isaiah 19:14; Ezekiel 14:9
• 4. Jeremiah 20:2; Mark 14:65; Acts 23:2

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Spirit of"