The heavenly council described

Micaiah and the Fall of Ahab · 1 Kings 22

Story guide: Micaiah stands before the kings describing his vision; the heavenly council and the lying spirit remain unshown, as God is never depicted.

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19Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh seated on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing beside him, on his right and on his left.

20Yahweh asked, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up to Ramoth-gilead and fall in battle there?’ One suggested one thing, and another something else.

21Then a spirit came forward, stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ Yahweh asked, ‘By what means?’

22The spirit replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will entice him, and you will succeed. Go out and do so.’

23Now see: Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and Yahweh has declared that disaster will come upon you.”

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