16 But the king said to him, 'I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord.'
17 And he said: 'I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.'
18 Therefore, the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell you that he prophesies nothing good to me, but always evil?'
19 Yet truly, continuing, he said: 'Because of his, listen to the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne. And the entire army of heaven was standing beside him, to the right and to the left.
20 And the Lord said, 'Who will mislead Ahab, the king of Israel, so that he may ascend and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' And one spoke words in this manner, and another spoke otherwise.
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