20. Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.’“The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?’
21. “The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab’s prophets and make them tell lies.’“So the Lord said, ‘You will succeed in tricking him. Go and do it.’ ”
22. Micaiah said, “Ahab, the Lord has made your prophets lie to you, and the Lord has decided that disaster should come to you.”
23. Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up to Micaiah and slapped him in the face. Zedekiah said, “Has the Lord’s Spirit left me to speak through you?”
24. Micaiah answered, “You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inside room.”
25. Then Ahab king of Israel ordered, “Take Micaiah and send him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son.
26. Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle.”
27. Micaiah said, “Ahab, if you come back safely from the battle, the Lord has not spoken through me. Remember my words, all you people!”
28. So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead.
29. King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will go into battle, but I will wear other clothes so no one will recognize me. But you wear your royal clothes.” So Ahab wore other clothes, and they went into battle.
30. The king of Aram ordered his chariot commanders, “Don’t fight with anyone—important or unimportant—except the king of Israel.”