22 And he said, I will go out, and be a [a]false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. Then he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt also prevail: go forth, and do so.

23 Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath appointed evil against thee.

24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (A)[b]When went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speak unto thee?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:22 I will cause all his prophets to tell lies.
  2. 1 Kings 22:24 Thus the wicked would seem that none were in the favor of God, but they, and that God hath given his graces to none so much as to them.

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