Biblical Prophets - Bible Study Online

But here we find that Ramoth Gilead had not been returned to Ahab, and after defeating Ben-Hadad on two different occasions Ahab was feeling very confident to take a fight to Ben-Hadad's front yard. So the Israel king gathers his officials.

It's at this point that we find that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah was also present when Ahab expressed his concerns: "Don't you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?"

So after saying this, Ahab turns towards Jehoshaphat: "Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?" After hearing Ahab's request, Jehoshaphat agrees to help him in his quest to retake Ramoth Gilead.

But the Judean king had one request of his own? For he wanted to make sure that Ahab would seek the counsel of the Lord first. You see, Jehoshaphat was a very wise and God fearing king. It didn't matter what he did, he always made sure he walked in the ways of his father Asa, and did not dare to stray from them: Jehoshaphat did what was right in the eyes of the Lord at all times.

We must understand that Jehoshaphat was completely different from Ahab, which makes it very interesting on why the Judean king would help the wicked Israel king in the first place. So after hearing Jehoshaphat's condition when it came to helping him, the Israel king summoned a group of four hundred prophets that were called "The Prophets of the Groves."

Now these prophets were a religious regiment that served solely under the Israel king Ahab. There religion has not been recorded and so therefore remains unknown.

So Ahab asked these prophets of the groves: "Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?" After hearing Ahab's question, the prophets answered back: "Go, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king."

But Jehoshaphat was not satisfied with what these prophets had spoken. So the Judean king asked: "Is there not a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?"

So after hearing what Jehoshaphat had asked: Ahab responded by saying: "There is still one man through whom we can inquire about the Lord, but I hate him, because he never prophesies anything good about me -- but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." Now this statement by Ahab draws a quick warning from Jehoshaphat: "The king should not say that."

Ahab did not respond to the Judean king warning and henceforth calls one of his officials over: "Go and bring me Micaiah son of Imlah, at once." In the meantime, while Ahab and Jehoshaphat were waiting for Micaiah to arrive, we find that the two kings were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor dressed in their royal robes waiting at the entrance gate of Samaria.

We also find that the prophets of the groves were all before the two kings still prophesying about the victory that Ahab was going to have against Ben-Hadad the king of Aram. Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, emerges from the crowd of prophets bringing forth some iron horns he had made. As he stood before the two kings he announced: "With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed"

As Zedekiah was saying these things, the rest of the prophets were prophesying in the background: "Attack Ramoth Gilead and be victorious, for the Lord will give it into the king's hand."

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01) Elijah the Fire Prophet

02) Obadiah and the Caves of Refuge

03) The Fire Contest Between God & Baal

04) The Gift of Rain That Came From The Heavens

05) Elisha The Prophet Apprentice

06) The Thirty Two Kings of Mass Destruction

07) Ben-Hadad The Drunken King

08) The Vineyard of Envy

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10) Micaiah The One True Prophet

11) The Demise of King Ahab

12) The Cursed Seed of Ahab

13) Elijah and the Chariot of Fire

14) Elisha the Miracle Prophet