20. until a spirit stepped forward, approached the Lord, and said, ‘I will deceive him.’ ‘How?’ the Lord asked.
21. The spirit replied, ‘I will go and make all Ahab's prophets tell lies.’ The Lord said, ‘Go and deceive him. You will succeed.’ ”
22. And Micaiah concluded: “This is what has happened. The Lord has made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he himself has decreed that you will meet with disaster!”
23. Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, “Since when did the Lord's spirit leave me and speak to you?”
24. “You will find out when you go into some back room to hide,” Micaiah replied.