^{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.

^{24 Ref} Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

^{25 Ref} And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

²⁶ And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;

^{27 Ref} And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.

^{28 Ref} And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.