⁵ Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, “But first we should ·ask if this is the Lord’s will [^Linquire for the word of the Lord].”

⁶ Ahab called about four hundred prophets together and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or ·not [hold back]?”

They answered, “Go, because the Lord will hand them over to you.”

⁷ But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here [^Cindicating skepticism about their reliability]? Let’s ask him what we should do.”

⁸ Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, ·but something bad [only evil]. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t say that!”

⁹ So Ahab king of Israel told one of his officers to bring Micaiah son of Imlah to him at once.

¹⁰ Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah had on their royal robes and were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor, near the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were standing before them, ·speaking their messages [prophesying]. ¹¹ Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made some iron horns. He said to Ahab, “·This is what the Lord says [^TThus says the Lord], ‘You will use these horns to ·fight [gore] the Arameans until they are destroyed.’”

¹² All the other prophets said the same thing. “Attack Ramoth in Gilead and ·win [triumph; prosper], because the Lord will hand the Arameans over to you.”