1Ki 22:19-29 | ESV | STEP | And Micaiah said , Therefore hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne , and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left ;

1 Kings 22:19-29

19 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: ^aI saw the Lord sitting on his throne, ^band all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20 and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ^ca lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”

24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near ^dand struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?” 25 And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go ^einto an inner chamber to hide yourself.” 26 And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, 27 and say, ‘Thus says the king, ^f“Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, ^guntil I come in peace.”’” 28 And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, ^hthe Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, ⁱ“Hear, all you peoples!”

Ahab Killed in Battle

29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.