1 Kings 22

‭‭The vexed and sullen King Ahab from last chapter is now known as a coward. He goes to fight for a city he claims to own, asking King Jehoshaphat to join him. King Ahab goes in disguise, afraid because of the prophets’ words. But he encourages his “friend” King Jehoshaphat to wear his kingly robes, drawing attention to him and away from King Ahab. When the Syrian army realizes they are after the wrong king, they turn back. An unnamed man draws his bow and “randomly” shoots King Ahab right between his armor, leaving him to die in his own chariot. Vs 36 is a direct fulfillment of Micaiah’s vision in vs 17. The Israelites’ army travels all the way back to Samaria with a blood-filled chariot, unknowingly fulfilling God’s prophecy of chapter 21:19.

We can’t sneak around and disguise our way out of God’s will. If God has a plan for our life, or even death, He can accomplish it no matter how we try to avoid it. God cannot be tricked or mocked. It would’ve been better for King Ahab to stand by his repentance in chapter 21, but he thought he knew best.

Let me always have the discernment to inquire of You FIRST.



How far they traveled with King Ahab’s blood filled chariot. God is serious about His word.

A side note on 1 Kings 22. Ramoth-Gilead is a refuge city, according to Joshua 20. It was intended to be a city where someone could flee and plead their case, most often in the case of accidental death. But King Ahab was not running for his life, he was running for battle and death. And he was not innocent, he was guilty in Naboth’s death. So he met his demise in a city that God had set aside in the allotment of the Promised Land. It doesn’t change our study; but I love when one book adds layers to another, the sovereignty of God on full display.