2 CHRONICLES 18:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.”
And he said, 'I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the LORD said, 'You shall entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so' — The spirit promised to become 'a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets' (אֵצֵא וְהָיִיתִי רוּחַ־שֶׁקֶר בְּפִי־כָל־נְבִיאָיו). God authorized (אַתָּה תַפְתִּה וְתוּכָל אֱמוֹר): the spirit should entice Ahab, and would succeed. The divine permission of deception served judgment: those who reject truth encounter deception that leads to destruction.
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