Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath said, Thou shalt not prosper — Micaiah announces that the 400 prophets' unanimous prediction is a divinely-permitted deception. The phrase shows that Ahab is being set up to march to his destruction—the false prophets are instruments of his judgment.

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