“A spirit came out and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 22 contains 53 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.