1 Kings 22:3–15

³Then the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that ^aRamoth-gilead belongs to us, but we are sitting still so as not to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?”

⁴So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “^aI am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

Ahab Hates Micaiah

⁵Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire ¹first for the word of Yahweh.”

⁶Then ^athe king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

⁷But ^aJehoshaphat said, “Is there not yet a prophet of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?”

⁸And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

⁹Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, “Hasten to bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

¹⁰Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and ^aall the prophets were prophesying before them.

¹¹And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made ^ahorns of iron for himself and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^bWith these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.’”

¹²All the prophets were also prophesying thus, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, and Yahweh will give it into the hand of the king.”

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

¹³Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets, as if from one mouth, are good towards the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.”

¹⁴But Micaiah said, “^aAs Yahweh lives, what ^bYahweh says to me, that I shall speak.”

¹⁵Then he came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he said to him, “^aGo up and succeed, and Yahweh will give it into the hand of the king.”