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.”
31. When these commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought he was the king of Israel, so they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat began shouting, and the Lord helped him. God made the chariot commanders turn away from Jehoshaphat.
32. When they saw he was not King Ahab, they stopped chasing him.
33. By chance, a soldier shot an arrow which hit Ahab king of Israel between the pieces of his armor. King Ahab said to his chariot driver, “Turn around and get me out of the battle, because I am hurt!”
34. The battle continued all day. King Ahab held himself up in his chariot and faced the Arameans until evening. Then he died at sunset.