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[FONT="]When he arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?”[/FONT] [FONT="]“Attack and be victorious,” he answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]The king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="]?”[/FONT]
1 Kings 22:17 (KJV)
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
[FONT="]And the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="] said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.[/FONT]
1 Kings 22:22 (NIV)
"'By what means?' the LORD asked. "'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. "'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'
unclean spirits like frogs?
a plague upon the lips of the deceitful and violent tongues of men.
22;23
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[TD]And now, behold the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, whereas the Lord spoke evil concerning you."[/TD]
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[TD="class: hebrew, align: right"]כגוְעַתָּ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֚ן יְהֹוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ שֶׁ֔קֶר בְּפִ֖י כָּל־נְבִיאֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה וַֽיהֹוָ֔ה דִּבֶּ֥ר עָלֶ֖יךָ רָעָֽה:[/TD]
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[FONT="]Then Zedekiah[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] son of Kenaanah went up and slapped[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from[/FONT][FONT="] the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="] go when he went from me to speak [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]to you?” he asked.[/FONT]
1 Kings 22:27 (KJV)
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
[FONT="]And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="] hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.[/FONT]
[h=1](1 Kings 22:31): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]31 Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone.”
[h=1](1 Kings 22:32): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]32 So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel,” and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.
[FONT="]But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.”[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT]