I told you so!

It's has been awhile since I last blogged. That is because nothing significant has happened to cause me the need to blog and vent my feelings to the world. There has been no war between Israel and Aram for three years now. So today, Jehoshaphat, my buddy, and I started talking to each other. We talked about how Ramoth Gilead was rightfully ours yet we are doing nothing at all to retake it from Aram. I suggested that we should go to war and fight against Aram so that we can regain control of Ramoth Gilead. Jehoshaphat decided that it would be wise to first seek the counsel of the LORD. After hearing that, I was like ohhhh noooo please, anything but that. The prophets always predict bad things to me.

Nevertheless I gathered 400 prophets and asked them if I should go to war and they said yes. But Jehoshaphat was not happy because these men were not the prophets of the LORD. So I decided to bring Micaiah son of Imlah, a prophet that never prophesies anything good about me. When Micaiah came, I asked him if I should go to war with Aram or refrain from it. He said that I should go and be victorious but I knew that was not the truth. Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.' "

Then I told Jehoshaphat that I was right, he never prophesies anything good but only bad. Then Micaiah told us about a spirit volunteering to entice me. The spirit enticed me by using the mouths of all these prophets. Zedekiah son of Kenaanah then went up to Micaiah and slapped Micaiah in the face and asked him where the spirit went. Micaiah said that he will find out on the day Zedekiah hides in an inner room. Then I ordered Micaiah to be put in prison until I return safely.