1 Kings 22:5-12

Modern English Version

⁵ Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please ask for a word from the Lord today.”

⁶ Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, approximately four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I wait?”

And they said, “Go up, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”

⁷ Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here whom we can ask?”

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we can inquire of the Lord. But I hate him because he never prophesies good for me, but always evil.”

And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

⁹ Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, “Quickly, bring Micaiah the son of Imlah.”

¹⁰ The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each put on his robes and sat on his throne at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophesied before them. ¹¹ Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah made horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord: With these you shall push the Arameans until you have consumed them.”

¹² All the prophets prophesied similarly, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.”