18 Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the Lord’s word: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
19 The Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
20 A spirit came out, stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will entice him.’“The Lord said to him, ‘How?’
21 “He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’“He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’
22 “Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.”
23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”
24 Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”