The heavenly council described

19Then he said, “Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right and on his left.”

20And Yahweh said, “Who will entice Ahab, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?” And this one said one thing, and that one said another.

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

22And he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You will entice him, and you will also prevail. Go out and do so.’

23And now, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and Yahweh has spoken disaster against you.