2 Chronicles 16-18

There are two thronerooms depicted in this chapter. The first one mentioned is in Samaria. Two kings are seated on their thrones; Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah. Ahab sought to include Jehoshaphat in a battle he wished to wage, but Judah's king steadfastly sought God's approval before he embarked on this joint battle. So Ahab called together his 400 prophets asking for guidence from the divine. The 400 spoke in unison to attack, but there was something that caught righteous Jehoshaphat's attention. What was it? The only clue I catch is in the words of the prophets in verse 5; the formal name of the God of Israel (Yahweh) is not mentioned. Maybe it was the sacrifices they made; not according to the LORD's directive. Maybe Jehoshaphat knew God didn't send such large numbers of prophets. Whatever it was the king of Judah was waiting for the one voice that spoke clearly for the LORD. And he would not move until he heard it.
Micaiah was that lone voice of the God of Israel in that throneroom. Before he spoke he had a vision from God of the second throneroom mentioned in chapter 18. In front of God's throne was a large collection of the angelic assembly. Out of that huge gathering God was waiting for the one voice that would answer the LORD's request. In verse 21 the spirit offers a lie for Ahab's ears. The scripture doesn't say if this was a demon or angel. But a lie from the mouths of Ahab's prophets was the answer to God's directive of leading Ahab to his death.  This is a situation where the physical realm matched the spiritual realm perfectly.
 It took me about 12 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart