2 Chronicles 18:20

A spirit came out, stood before the Lord, and said, 'I will entice him.'"The Lord said to him, 'How?'

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Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?

In Context

19The Lord said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

21"He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.'"He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'

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Cross References

Job 2:1Again it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present themselves before the Lord, that Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:5-28

The Prophets Are Consulted. ( b. c. 897.) 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto… Read the whole commentary →

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