⁵ But then Jehoshaphat said to Israel’s king, “Please seek a message from the Lord this very day.”^{[a] 6} So the king of Israel assembled about 400 prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?”^[b] They said, “Attack! The Sovereign One^[c] will hand it over to the king.” ⁷ But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?” ⁸ The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will.^[d] But I despise^[e] him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”^[f] Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.” ⁹ The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

¹⁰ Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones,^[g] dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them. ¹¹ Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’” ¹² All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”