World English Bible
1 Kings 22:16
“The king said to him, "How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 22
Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.
When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?" He answered him, "Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
The king said to him, "How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
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