1 Kings 22:19-23

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¹⁹ But Micaiah said, “Listen to this message from the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne. All of heaven’s army was standing around him, some on his left side and some on his right side. ²⁰ The Lord said, ‘Which of you will go fool Ahab into attacking the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead so that he will be killed?’ The angels discussed many different plans. ²¹ Then a spirit^[a] went and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will fool him!’ The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?’ ²² The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab’s prophets and cause them to tell lies.’ So the Lord said, ‘Yes, that will fool Ahab. Go out and do that.’

²³ “So that is what has happened here. The Lord made your prophets lie to you. The Lord himself decided to bring this disaster to you.”