15. Then the king said to him, “How many times must I cause you to swear that you speak to me only truth in the name of the Lord?”
16. Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. The Lord said, ‘There are no masters for them. Let each man return to his home in peace.’ ”
17. Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not say to you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
18. So the prophet said, “Now hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne and the heavenly assembly was standing at His right and His left.
19. And the Lord said, ‘Who will deceive Ahab king of Israel so that he might go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’“One was saying one thing, and another was saying something else.
20. Then a spirit came out and stood before the Lord, and he said, ‘I will deceive him.’“Then the Lord said to him, ‘How?’
21. “Then he said, ‘I will go out and be a spirit of deception in the mouth of all the prophets.’“Then the Lord said, ‘You will deceive and find success. Go out and do this.’
22. “Now see that the Lord has put a spirit of deception in the mouth of your prophets. So the Lord has declared disaster over you.”
23. Then Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah came near to Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. And he said, “Which way then did the spirit from the Lord pass from me to speak with you?”
24. Then Micaiah said, “You will see it on the day when you enter an inner chamber to hide yourself.”
25. And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash the son of the king,
26. and you will say, ‘So says the king: Put him in a prison, and feed him a little food and water until I return in peace.’ ”