^{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.