1 Kings 22:13

MICAIAH WAS INSTRUCTED BY AHAB'S OFFICER ON HOW HE SHOULD PROPHESY

"And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him saying, Behold, now the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good. And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak. And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up and prosper; and Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king."

Look at that last clause which has that same crooked and deceitful prophecy that the false prophets had spoken with the meaning that, God will deliver (what? perhaps Ahab, perhaps Benhadad) into the hand of the king (what king?) Ahab to Benhadad, or Benhadad to Ahab? That, of course, along with Micaiah's sarcastic and ironical manner identified his words here as ironical sarcasm. Also, let it be noted that Micaiah did not say, "Thus saith Jehovah." Ahab instantly knew that he had not been given a true prophecy of Jehovah.