2 Chronicles 18:20
Good News Translation
until a spirit stepped forward, approached the LORD, and said, 'I will deceive him.' 'How?' the LORD asked.

New Revised Standard Version
until a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ The LORD asked him, ‘How?’

Contemporary English Version
then finally a spirit came forward and said to the LORD, "I can trick Ahab." "How?" the LORD asked.

New American Bible
until this spirit came forth and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will deceive him.’ The LORD asked: How?

Douay-Rheims Bible
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 wilt thou deceive him?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 wilt thou deceive him?

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Job 1:6 Now on a certain day, when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

Job 2:1 And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came amongst them, and stood in his sight,

2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15 But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ. . . .

Context
Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
19And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And when one spoke in this manner, and another otherwise: 20There came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means wilt thou deceive him?21And he answered: I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive, and shalt prevail: go out, and do so.…
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:9
Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders:

2 Chronicles 18:19
And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And when one spoke in this manner, and another otherwise:

Job 1:6
Now on a certain day, when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

2 Chronicles 18:19
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