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15 When Micaiah[a] approached the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?”

“Go to war,” Micaiah[b] replied, “and you will be successful, because the Lord will hand it over to the king!”

16 When he heard this, the king asked him, “How many times do I have to make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth? Now do it in the name of the Lord!”

17 So Micaiah replied:

“I saw all of Israel
    scattered on the mountains
        like sheep without a shepherd.
And the Lord told me,
    ‘These have no master,
        so let them each return to his own home in peace.’”

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  1. 1 Kings 22:15 Lit. he
  2. 1 Kings 22:15 Lit. he