And the Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ” So one was saying this and another was saying that.
1 Kings 22:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Then a spirit came forward, stood in the Lord’s presence, and said, “I will entice him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then there came forth a spirit [of whom I am about to tell] and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. American Standard Version (1901) And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. Common English Bible until one particular spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I’ll persuade him.’ ‘How?’ the LORD asked. Catholic Public Domain Version But then a spirit went out and stood before the Lord. And he said, 'I will mislead him.' And the Lord said to him, 'By what means?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means? |
And the Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ” So one was saying this and another was saying that.
‘The Lord asked him, “How? ” ‘He said, “I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.” ‘Then he said, “You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.”
‘You see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.’
‘So he said, “I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.” ‘Then he said, “You will entice him and also prevail. Go and do that.”
One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.
For they are demonic spirits performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty.