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23 Micaiah said, “Ahab, the Lord has ·made your prophets lie to you [L put a deceiving/lying spirit in the mouth of your prophets], and the Lord has ·decided [pronounced; proclaimed; decreed] that disaster ·should come to [for; on] you.”

24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up to Micaiah and slapped him in the ·face [cheek]. Zedekiah said, “·Has [How did] the Lord’s spirit ·left [pass from] me to speak through you?”

25 Micaiah answered, “You will find out on the day you go to hide in an ·inside [secret] room [C when the prophesied disaster strikes].”

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23 “So now the Lord has put a deceiving(A) spirit in the mouths of all these prophets(B) of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster(C) for you.”

24 Then Zedekiah(D) son of Kenaanah went up and slapped(E) Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from[a] the Lord go when he went from me to speak(F) to you?” he asked.

25 Micaiah replied, “You will find out on the day you go to hide(G) in an inner room.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:24 Or Spirit of