^{15 Ref} When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

^{16 Ref} Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

^{17 Ref} Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

^{18 Ref} And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?

^{19 Ref} And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

^{20 Ref} And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

^{21 Ref} Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

^{22 Ref} And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.

^{23 Ref} And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you.