Why would the Lord God send lying spirits to a bunch of “prophets?” There is an amazing story in the Bible (1 Kings 22:1-37) that you won’t read in children’s Bible story books! The Lord allowed an evil spirit to enter into the mouths of all 400 of the prophets that tended to King Ahab, the wicked king of Israel (formerly married to the evil Jezebel before her deathly demise). These prophets all tell the king that he will succeed in battle if he goes forth.