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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
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So he said, Therefore, hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on his right hand and
on his left.
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And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab, king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
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Then a spirit came out and stood before the LORD and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, In what manner?
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And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And
the LORD said, Thou shalt entice
him, and thou shalt also prevail; go out and do
even so.
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Now, therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD has decreed evil concerning thee.
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Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and smote Micaiah upon the cheek and said, Which way did the Spirit of the LORD depart from me to speak unto thee?
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And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
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Then the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and carry him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son
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and say, Thus hath the king said, Put this
fellow in the prison and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I return in peace.
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And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace,
then the LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye peoples.