2 Chronicles 18:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 And he said, I will go out, and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets. And [a]he said, Thou shalt persuade, and shalt also prevail: go forth and do so.
22 Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a [b]false spirit in the mouth of these thy Prophets, and the Lord hath determined evil against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Michaiah upon the [c]cheek, and said, By what way went the Spirit of the Lord from me, to speak with thee?
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- 2 Chronicles 18:21 That is, the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 18:22 To them that will not believe the truth, God sendeth strong delusion that they should believe lies, 2 Thess. 2:10.
- 2 Chronicles 18:23 By this cruelty, his ambition and hypocrisy was discovered: thus the hypocrites boast of the Spirit which they have not, and declare their malice against them in whom the true Spirit is.
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