^{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.