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Micaiah: 16 I saw all Israel wandering aimlessly on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. Then I heard the Eternal say, “These have no master. Let each of them go his own way and return to his own house in peace.”

Ahab (aside to Jehoshaphat): 17 Didn’t I tell you that he prophesies only evil about me?

The prophets often use the “bad shepherd” metaphor to demonstrate how Israelite and Judean kings do not rule their people well.

Micaiah: 18 Hear what the Eternal One says. I saw Him sitting on His throne, with the armies of heaven flanking Him,

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