1 Kings 22:5-12

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁵ But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the word of the Lord.”

⁶ So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and he said to them, “Should I go up to make war at Ramoth Gilead or should I refrain?”

They said, “Go up, for the Lord^[a] will give it into the hand of the king.”

⁷ But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here who can inquire of the Lord for us?”

⁸ Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one man who could inquire of the Lord for us, but I hate him because he does not prophesy anything good about me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not talk like that.”

⁹ So the king of Israel summoned one of his court officials and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah here.”

¹⁰ Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were seated, each on his own throne, arrayed in their robes. They were sitting by the threshing floor at the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

¹¹ Zedekiah son of Kena’anah had made iron horns for himself, and he said, “This is what the Lord says. With these you will gore Aram to death.” ¹² All the prophets were prophesying in this same way: “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and triumph, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”