Biblical Prophets - Bible Study Online

In the last article we learnt that king Ahab had chosen not to listen to God's prophet Micaiah.

Because Micaiah had prophesied that Ahab would die in battle, the Israel king had the prophet locked away and put on a strict diet of bread and water until he returns from battle.

Ahab then decides to venture forth and attack the city of Ramoth Gilead with Jehoshaphat the Judean king by his side.

I find it interesting that Jehoshaphat would make a big fuss and asked to hear from God's prophet, and when the prophet tells them the bad news when it comes to Ahab -- Jehoshaphat still rides into battle with the Israel king.

But before they went into battle, Ahab would turn towards Jehoshaphat and told the Judean king that he was going to wear a disguise, and had requested that Jehoshaphat would wear his royal robes instead.

Now in the meantime, we find that Ben-Hadad was instructing his thirty-two chariot commanders to focus only on the king ofIsrael. He did not want them fighting or trying to kill anybody great or small, he wanted his men to be focused only on Ahab the Israel king.

So Ahab and Jehoshaphat are now attacking the city of Ramoth Gilead, and when the chariot commanders had saw the Judean king in his royal robes they assumed that he was Ahab.

After seeing that Ben-Hadad men were targeting him, Jehoshaphat had cried out and started to run away when these commanders started engaging him. When this had happened, the chariot commanders were in hot pursuit when they had finally realized that the Judean king was not Ahab the Israel king after all, so they stopped pursuing him.

But all of a sudden and completely at random (so it would seem) someone from the Arameanian army drew their bow and hit Ahab right between the sections of his armor. When this had happened, the Israel king said to his chariot driver: "Wheel around and get me out of the fighting I've been wounded."

All day long the battle continued on and we find that Ahab is propped up in his chariot facing and watching his men fight the Arameanian army.

While he was watching the battle from a distance, blood ran down his body and unto the floor of his chariot and that evening the Israel king passed away. As the sun started to set and the Israelites realized that their king had been killed they cried out: "Every man to his town; everyone to his land!"

They brought Ahab's body back to Samaria and he was buried there. Afterwards, they took the king's chariot and washed it at a pool in Samaria in which the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up his blood, just as the Word of the Lord had declared. For this was the prophecy that was foretold by the prophet Elijah:

"Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: In the place were dogs licked up Naboth's blood, dogs will lick up your blood -- yes yours!'" (1 Kings 21:19)

Micaiah had also prophesied that Ahab was going to die in this battle against Ben-Hadad, and that the Israel army would be without a master, but they will be able to go home in peace. This prophecy also came to pass, just like the prophet Micaiah had foretold.

Now we find that Ahab's son Ahaziah succeeded him as the new king of Israel. Would he learn from Ahab's mistakes, or would he continue on in his father's footsteps?

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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

09) The Prophets of the Groves

10) Micaiah The One True Prophet

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12) The Cursed Seed of Ahab

13) Elijah and the Chariot of Fire

14) Elisha the Miracle Prophet