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1 Kings 22:20

1 Kings 22:20 is verse 20 of 1 Kings chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

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King James Version

And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

World English Bible

Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another said another.

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1 Kings 22:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”

19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

21 Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

22 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said יְהוָ֗הYahweh מִ֤יwho?יְפַתֶּה֙will he deceive אֶת<obj.>אַחְאָ֔בAhab וְיַ֕עַלso he may go up וְיִפֹּ֖לand he may fall בְּרָמֹ֣תat Ramoth גִּלְעָ֑דGilead וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand it said זֶה֙this [one]בְּכֹ֔הby thus וְזֶ֥הand this [one]אֹמֵ֖ר[was] saying בְּכֹֽהby thus

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Ezekiel 14:9
But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

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