1 Kings 22:20-22

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁰ and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ra′moth-gil′ead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. ²¹ Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ ²² And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go forth and do so.’