Why did God use a lying spirit to deceive Ahab?

1 Kings 22:19 - 23

ESV - ¹⁹ And Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left. ²⁰ And the Lord said, 'Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said one thing, and another said another.

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