Then Adonai said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ One suggested this and another that,
1 Kings 22:21 - Tree of Life Version until a certain spirit came forward and stood before Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.’ So Adonai asked him, ‘How?’ 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? |
Then Adonai said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ One suggested this and another that,
And he said: ‘I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said: ‘You shall entice him and shall prevail also—go and do so.’
Now therefore, behold, Adonai has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and Adonai has decreed evil upon you.”
He answered, ‘I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You will entice him and you will also succeed. Go and do so.’
Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Adonai, and the satan also arrived among them to present himself before Adonai.
For they are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world—to gather them for battle on the great Day of Elohei Tzva’ot.