⁸ The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate^(A) him because he never prophesies anything good^(B) about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

¹⁰ Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived^(A) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’^(B) when the sword is at our throats!”