1 Kings 22:22-23
Context22:22 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 1 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 2 Go out and do as you have proposed.’ 22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
2 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the