In Context

14 When he had come to the king, the king said to him, |Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?| He said, |Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand.|

15 The king said to him, |How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?|

16 He said, |I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.'|

17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, |Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?|

18 Micaiah said, |Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

19 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

2 Chronicles 18:17 in Other Translations