23. So now, since the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of every one of these prophets of yours, it is the Lord who has pronounced disaster against you!"
24. Zedekiah, Chenaanah’s son, approached Micaiah and slapped him on the cheek. "Just how did the Lord’s spirit leave me to speak to you?" he asked.
25. Micaiah answered, "You will find out on the day you try to hide in an inner room."
26. "Arrest him," ordered Israel’s king, "and turn him over to Amon the city official and to Joash the king’s son.
27. Tell them, ‘The king says: Put this man in prison and feed him minimum rations of bread and water until I return safely.’"
28. "If you ever return safely," Micaiah replied, "then the Lord wasn’t speaking through me." Then he added, "Pay attention, every last one of you!"