The LORD said, 'Who shall entice Ach'av king of Yisra'el, that he may go up and fall at Ramot Gil`ad?' One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
Ben-Gever, in Ramot Gil`ad (to him [pertained] the towns of Ya'ir the son of Menasheh, which are in Gil`ad; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argov, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
[Mikhayahu] said, *Therefore hear you the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also: go forth, and do so.'
You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Yehudah with you?
If the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Yisra'el.