Catholic Public Domain Version
"But the king said to him, “I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord.” "
— 1 Kings 22:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?”
“And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah? ”
“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?"”
“The king said to him,“How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the LORD to tell me only the truth?””
“But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the name of the Lord.”
“Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?”
“And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?”
Then truly, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying: “Behold, the words of the prophets, as if with one mouth, are predicting good to the king. Therefore, let your word be like theirs, and speak what is good.”
But Micaiah said to him, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak.”
And so he went to the king. And the king said to him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead to do battle, or should we cease?” And he responded to him, “Ascend, and go forth to success, and the Lord will deliver it into the hands of the king.”
But the king said to him, “I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord.”
And he said: “I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.’ ”
Therefore, the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “Did I not tell you that he prophesies nothing good to me, but always evil?”
Yet truly, continuing, he said: “Because of his, listen to the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne. And the entire army of heaven was standing beside him, to the right and to the left.