Man, 2 Chronicles really adds some detail to 1 Kings 22...we see that good King Jehoshaphat of Judah, unites himself with a marriage alliance to evil King Ahab of Israel....They visit at royal meetings/senate and plan...Ahab wants to attack Ramoth Gilead (this is an old City of Refuge in Deuteronomy 4: 43)with Jehoshaphat's help. It is still occupied by Aram. Jehoshaphat wants advice and Ahab consults pagan prophets. Jehoshaphat feels they should ask of the Lord's prophets and they consult Micaiah (wonder if this is the same Micaiah in 2 Chronicles 17:7)....The prophets say that Ramoth will be handed over to Isreal because that is what Ahab wants to hear. Micaiah sarcastically agrees.....when his tone is challenged, he speaks of his vision in which the prophets would have a lying spirit entice them...(verse 21 "all HIS (not God's) prophets". Micaiah is slapped in the face and arrested.
Note that in 18: 28, Jehoshaphat ignores God's direction and goes to Ramoth Gilead...he finds himself the target of soldier's that think he is Ahab and screams for help.....The Lord delivers him and a "random" arrow kills Ahab....hmmmmmm....prophecy of Ahab's death is fulfilled.
1 Kings ends with Jehoram succeeding Jehoshaphat as King of Judah and Ahaziah becoming King of Israel....he is gonna be evil like his Daddy....
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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