1 Kings 22:21

And there came forth a spirit [Heb. the spirit . By some, especially of the earlier commentators, understood of the evil spirit. But the view now generally adopted (Thenius, Keil, Bähr) is that "the spirit of prophecy" is meant, "the power which, going forth from God and taking possession of a man, makes him a prophet ( 1 Samuel 10:6 , 1 Samuel 10:10 ; 1 Samuel 19:20 , 1 Samuel 19:23 ). The נָביא is the אִישׁ הָרוּחַ ( Hosea 9:7 )" Bähr. This power is here personified], and stood before the Lord, and said, I [emphatic in the Hebrew] will persuade [or entice] him.