And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And when one spoke in this manner, and another otherwise:
Then he said: I saw all Israel scattered in the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said: These have no masters. Let every man return to his own house in peace.
And it happened that one of the people shot an arrow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the neck and the shoulders; and he said to his chariot man: Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.