6. Then the Melech Yisroel gathered the nevi'im together, about 400 men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for Hashem shall deliver it into the hand of HaMelech.
7. And Yehoshaphat said, Is there not here a navi of Hashem besides, that we might inquire of him?
8. And the Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Mikhay'hu ben Yimlah, by whom we may inquire of Hashem: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy tov concerning me, but rah. And Yehoshaphat said, Let not HaMelech say such.
9. Then HaMelech Yisroel called an officer, and said, Hasten here Mikhay'hu ben Yimlah.
10. And the Melech Yisroel and Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah sat each on his kisse, having put on their robes, at the threshing floor in the entrance of sha'ar Shomron; all the nevi'im prophesied before them.
11. Tzidkiyah ben Kenaanah made him [goring] horns of barzel: and said, Thus saith Hashem, With these shalt thou push Aram until thou have consumed them.
12. And all the nevi'im prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramot-Gil`ad, and succeed: for Hashem shall deliver it into the yad HaMelech.
13. And the malach that was gone to summon Mikhay'hu spoke unto him, saying, Hinei now, the words of the nevi'im declare tov unto HaMelech with one mouth: let thy word be like the word of one of them, speak that which is tov.
14. And Mikhay'hu said, As Hashem liveth, what Hashem saith unto me, that will I speak.
15. So he came to HaMelech. And HaMelech said unto him, Mikhay'hu, shall we go against Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or shall we refrain? And he answered him, Go, and succeed: for Hashem shall deliver it into the yad HaMelech.
16. And HaMelech said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee [i.e., make thee swear] that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Shem of Hashem?
17. And he said, I saw kol Yisroel scattered upon the hills, as Tzon that have not a Ro'eh: and Hashem said, These have no adonim: let them return every man to his bais in shalom.
18. And the Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no tov concerning me, but rah?
19. And he said, Shema Devar Hashem: I saw Hashem sitting on his kisse, and all the Tzva HaShomayim standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.
20. And Hashem said, Who shall persuade Ach'av, that he may go up and fall at Ramot-Gil`ad? And one said one thing, and one said another.
21. And there came forth the ruach, and stood before Hashem, and said, I will persuade him.
22. And Hashem said unto him, By what means? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a ruach sheker in the mouth of all his nevi'im. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also; go forth, do so.
23. Now therefore, hinei, Hashem hath put a ruach sheker in the mouth of all these thy nevi'im, and Hashem hath spoken ra'ah concerning thee.