1 Kings 22:20
Good News Translation
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,

New Revised Standard Version
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,

Contemporary English Version
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,

New American Bible
The LORD asked: Who will deceive Ahab, so that he will go up and fall on Ramoth-gilead? And one said this, another that,

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

persuade.

Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceivers, and him that is deceived.

Jeremiah 4:10 And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?

Ezekiel 14:9 And when the prophet shall err, and speak a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet: and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will cut him off from the midst of my people Israel.

Context
Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
19And he added and said: Hear thou, therefore, the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left: 20And 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.21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?…
Cross References
1 Kings 4:13
Bengaber, in Ramoth Galaad: he had the town of Jair, the son of Manasses, in Galaad: he was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore great cities with walls, and brazen bolts.

1 Kings 22:19
And he added and said: Hear thou, therefore, the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:

1 Kings 22:21
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

1 Kings 22:19
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