In Context

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.

20 A spirit came out, stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.' |Yahweh said to him, 'How?'

21 |He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' |He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'

22 |Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.|

2 Chronicles 18:20 in Other Translations