¹⁹ Now then, send orders and gather to me all Israel at ^(A)Mount Carmel, ^(B)together with 450 prophets of Baal and four hundred prophets of ^[a](C)the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

⁶ So ^(A)the king of Israel assembled the ^[a]prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead or should I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will hand it over to the king.” ⁷ But ^(B)Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of him?” ⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy anything good regarding me, but only bad. He is Micaiah the son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so.” ⁹ Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah quickly.” ¹⁰ Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting, each on his throne, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and ^(C)all the prophets were prophesying before them. ¹¹ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made ^(D)horns of iron for himself and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘^(E)With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed!’”

²² And the Lord said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and ^(A)be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall ^[a]entice him, and you will also prevail. Go and do so.’ ²³ Now then, behold, ^(B)the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours; and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”

²⁴ Then ^(C)Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah approached and struck Micaiah on the cheek; and he said, “^(D)How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?” ²⁵ And Micaiah said, “Behold, you are going to see how on that day when you ^(E)go from one inner room to ^[b]another trying to hide yourself.”