22. “The Lord said to him, ‘How?’“And he said, ‘I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’“And He said, ‘You will be successful and persuade him. Go forth, and do so.’
23. “Now therefore, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all your prophets here, and He has spoken evil concerning you!”
24. Then Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah walked up and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord go from me in order to speak to you?”
25. And Micaiah said, “You will see in that day, when you go into an inner chamber to hide.”
26. The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
27. and say, ‘Thus says the king: Put this man in the prison, and feed him with reduced rations of bread and water until I return safely.’ ”
28. Micaiah said, “If you return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” And he said, “Listen, all you people!”
29. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
30. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and enter into the battle, but you wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
31. But the king of Aram ordered his thirty-two commanders who had control over his chariots, saying, “Fight neither against small nor great, but only against the king of Israel.”
32. So when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel.” And they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.
33. When the commanders of the chariots realized that it was not the king of Israel, they turned away from pursuing him.
34. A certain man drew a bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor, and because of this, he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”