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And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one <i>spirit</i> said this, while another said that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The LORD said, &#8216Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?&#8217 And one said this while another said that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this, while another said that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, &#8216Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?&#8217 So one was saying this and another was saying that.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD asked, "Who can trick Ahab and make him go to Ramoth where he will be killed?" They talked about it for a while, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD asked, 'Who will deceive Ahab so that he will attack and be killed at Ramoth in Gilead?' Some answered one way, while others said something else.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD asked, 'Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth?' Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The LORD asked, 'Who will tempt King Ahab of Israel to attack Ramoth-gilead, so that he will die there?' And one was saying one thing and one was saying another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, ?Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?? And one suggested this, and another that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, 'Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said one thing; and another said another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said in this manner, and another said in that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another said another. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and YHWH says, Who entices Ahab, and he goes up and falls in Ramoth-Gilead? And this one says thus, and that one is saying thus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this one saith thus, and that one is saying thus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say, Who will deceive Ahab, and he shall go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this will say according to this, and this said according to this.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke words of this manner, and another otherwise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD asked: Who will deceive Ahab, so that he will go up and fall on Ramoth-gilead? And one said this, another that,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ Then one said one thing, and another said another,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramath-gilead? And one said in this manner and another said in that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said: “Who will seduce Akhab and he shall go up and he shall fall in Ramath Gelad?” This one spoke in this way and that one spoke in that way.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said: Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead. And one said: On this manner; and another said: On that manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/22-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=8905" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/22.htm">Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>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. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">‘Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6601.htm" title="6601: yə·p̄at·teh (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to open, i.e. Be roomy; usually figuratively to be simple or delude.">will entice</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/256.htm" title="256: ’aḥ·’āḇ (N-proper-ms) -- Once oechab; from 'ach and 'ab; brother of father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.">Ahab</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wə·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">to march up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·yip·pōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/7418.htm" title="7418: bə·rā·mōṯ (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Height of the south, a place in Simeon, probably the same as NH7437b. ">at Ramoth-gilead?’</a> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: gil·‘āḏ (N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">And one</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">suggested</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: bə·ḵōh (Prep-b:: Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: wə·zeh (Conj-w:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">and another</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ō·mêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: bə·ḵōh (Prep-b:: Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">that.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6-12</a></span><br />One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. / “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.” / Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-1.htm">Job 2:1-6</a></span><br />On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him. / “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.” / Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/18-19.htm">2 Chronicles 18:19-22</a></span><br />And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that. / Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. / 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.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8</a></span><br />Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-17.htm">Daniel 4:17</a></span><br />This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/82-1.htm">Psalm 82:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Psalm 103:20-21</a></span><br />Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. / Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-18.htm">Jeremiah 23:18</a></span><br />But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a></span><br />Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. / And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-10.htm">Matthew 18:10</a></span><br />See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-64.htm">Matthew 26:64</a></span><br />“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31</a></span><br />Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-31.htm">John 12:31</a></span><br />Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-55.htm">Acts 7:55-56</a></span><br />But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. / “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">persuade.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-16.htm">Job 12:16</a></b></br> With him <i>is</i> strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver <i>are</i> his.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10</a></b></br> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9</a></b></br> And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-12.htm">Attacking</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-24.htm">Death</a> <a href="/judges/16-5.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-39.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-15.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_john/3-19.htm">Persuade</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-15.htm">Ramoth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-15.htm">Ramothgilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-15.htm">Ramoth-Gilead</a> <a href="/john/13-2.htm">Suggested</a> <a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">Tricked</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-22.htm">Who</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/22-39.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-24.htm">Attacking</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-21.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-29.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-7.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-21.htm">Persuade</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-29.htm">Ramoth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-29.htm">Ramothgilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-29.htm">Ramoth-Gilead</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-19.htm">Suggested</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-29.htm">Tricked</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-19.htm">Who</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-1.htm">Ahab, seduced by false prophets, by Michaiah's word, is slain at Ramoth Gilead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-37.htm">The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-41.htm">Jehoshaphat's good reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-45.htm">His acts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-46.htm">Jehoram succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">51. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/22-51.htm">Ahaziah's evil reign</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And the LORD said,</b><br>This phrase introduces a divine council scene, where God is depicted as speaking to His heavenly host. Such scenes are rare but significant in the Old Testament, highlighting God's sovereignty and authority over all creation. This reflects the biblical theme of God as the ultimate ruler who orchestrates events according to His will, as seen in other passages like <a href="/job/1-6.htm">Job 1:6-12</a> and <a href="/isaiah/6.htm">Isaiah 6:1-8</a>.<p><b>‘Who will entice Ahab</b><br>Ahab was the king of Israel, known for his idolatry and opposition to God's prophets, particularly Elijah. The use of the word "entice" suggests a divine strategy to bring about Ahab's downfall, consistent with God's justice against those who lead Israel into sin. This aligns with the biblical principle that God allows individuals to follow their chosen paths, even when it leads to judgment, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-28</a>.<p><b>to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’</b><br>Ramoth-gilead was a strategically important city east of the Jordan River, often contested between Israel and Aram (Syria). Ahab's desire to reclaim it reflects the ongoing conflict and territorial disputes of the time. The prophecy of Ahab's fall at this location underscores the fulfillment of God's judgment, as previously warned by prophets like Micaiah (<a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm">1 Kings 22:17-23</a>). This event foreshadows the ultimate defeat of those who oppose God's will, paralleling the final judgment depicted in <a href="/revelation/19-19.htm">Revelation 19:19-21</a>.<p><b>And one suggested this, and another that.</b><br>This phrase illustrates the deliberation among the heavenly host, emphasizing the concept of divine counsel. It reflects the biblical understanding that God involves His creation in the execution of His plans, as seen in the roles of angels throughout Scripture (<a href="/daniel/10-12.htm">Daniel 10:12-14</a>, <a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm">Hebrews 1:14</a>). The diversity of suggestions highlights the complexity of God's providence and the multifaceted ways He can achieve His purposes, ultimately pointing to His wisdom and omniscience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God who is orchestrating the events and seeking a way to bring about His judgment on Ahab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a></b><br>The king of Israel, known for his idolatry and wickedness, who is being enticed to go to battle at Ramoth-gilead.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/ramoth-gilead.htm">Ramoth-gilead</a></b><br>A city of refuge in the territory of Gad, east of the Jordan River, which was a strategic location and the site of the impending battle.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_council.htm">Heavenly Council</a></b><br>The assembly of spiritual beings before the LORD, where the discussion of Ahab's fate takes place.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a></b><br>The false prophets who later encourage Ahab to go to battle, contrasting with Micaiah, the true prophet of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is in control of all events, including the rise and fall of kings. He uses various means to accomplish His purposes, even those that seem mysterious to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The passage reminds us of the unseen spiritual realm and the influence it can have on earthly events. Believers should be aware of this reality and rely on God's wisdom and protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Ahab's impending downfall is a direct result of his persistent sin and rebellion against God. This serves as a warning about the serious consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_leadership.htm">Discernment in Leadership</a></b><br>Ahab's reliance on false prophets rather than seeking God's true word through Micaiah highlights the importance of discernment and seeking God's truth in decision-making.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While God is just in bringing judgment on Ahab, His actions are also a call to repentance for others. God's justice is always balanced with His mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_kings_22_20-22_conflict_with_truth.htm">In 1 Kings 22:20–22, does the idea of divine intervention through deceit conflict with other biblical teachings on truth? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_satan_need_god's_permission.htm">Must Satan obtain God's permission to attack us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_protoevangelium_of_james.htm">Who was Micaiah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_send_lying_spirits_(1_kings_22_22).htm">Why does God send lying spirits to deceive people (1 Kings 22:22)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord said, Who shall persuade</span> [Same word in <a href="/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16, Hebrews</a>; <a href="/judges/14-15.htm">Judges 14:15</a>; <a href="/judges/16-5.htm">Judges 16:5</a>; <a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">Proverbs 1:10</a>, etc.; in all of which instances it is translated "entice." Compare with this question that of <a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8</a>.] <span class="cmt_word">Ahab, that he may go up and fan at Ramoth-Gilead?</span> [The meaning is that Ahab's death in battle had been decreed in the counsels of God, and that the Divine Wisdom had devised means for accomplishing His purpose.] <span class="cmt_word">And one said on this manner, and another said</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">saying</span>] <span class="cmt_word">on that manner.</span> [Bahr again quotes from Peter Martyr: "<span class="accented">Innuit</span> <span class="accented">varies providentiae Dei modos, quibus decreta sua ad exitum perducit</span>, and adds that in this vision "inner and spiritual processes are regarded as real phenomena, nay, even as persons."] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/22-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will entice</span><br /><span class="heb">יְפַתֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(yə·p̄at·teh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6601.htm">Strong's 6601: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open, be, roomy, to be, simple, delude</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ahab</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחְאָ֔ב</span> <span class="translit">(’aḥ·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_256.htm">Strong's 256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to march up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַ֕עַל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ya·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and fall</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִפֹּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yip·pōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Ramoth-gilead?’</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרָמֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rā·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7433.htm">Strong's 7433: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ramoth-gilead -- a city East of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And one</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶה֙</span> <span class="translit">(zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">suggested</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and another</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/22-20.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 22:20 Yahweh said 'Who shall entice Ahab that (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 22:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/22-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 22:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>