22:22 I will go out, and will be a lying spirit. One of the celestial beings carries out God’s wishes by using the four hundred prophets as a means of reinforcing a false sense of security in Ahab (1 Sam. 16:14–16; Job 1:6–8, 12; Jer. 14:14–16; 23:16, 26; Ezek. 14:9; Gal. 1:6–9).