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1 | Why did Jehoshaphat join Ahab? | 1 Kin 22:29 | Searcher56 | 8226 | ||
Nolan ... the Bible only says that Jehosaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people are your people, my horses as your horses." (vs. 4b), as you pointed out ... and he was at peace with the kin of Israel (vs. 44). I could be that he wanted the two kingdoms to be reunited. But, that was not God's plan. Jehoshaphat had a stipulation - to FIRST seek the counsel of God in verse 5 and again in 7. Micaiah ben Imlah did not tell Jehoshaphat not ot go (vv. 17-29). It may be to prove a point, you can have someone dressed as a king, but the one hiding got killed. Killing or capturing the king meant a great reward. 2 Chronicles 18 gives us more information. They were allies by marriage (vs. 1). Searching Scripture Steve |
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2 | Why did Jehoshaphat join Ahab? | 1 Kin 22:29 | Ray | 8237 | ||
Hi Steve, We have an interesting story here don't we. You mentioned that killing or capturing the king meant a great reward, but there isn't much reward or pride in not knowing where one is aiming and not knowing that you have mortally wounded a king. It was definitely God's plan to have disaster strike him. And He had the king of Israel in the sights of the thirty-two captains, for he alone was the prize, verse 31, and not Jehoshaphat, verse 33. It appears that Jehoshophat was along for the ride and it almost sounds like it was a chariot ride away from fighting. It would be interesting to know what he cried out, verse 32. Jehoshaphat was not told to go or told not to go personally, vv17-29 but he should have known that the king of Israel would not be returning safely, verse 27,28. "And Michaiah said, "If you indeed return safely the (Lord) has not spoken to me."" In other words, although they heard the prophecies while sitting on their own thrones, the decisions were up to king Ahab for he was the one who was being enticed. Jehoshophat was going to do what the king of Israel decided. Its very clear that king Ahab had been "appointed to utter destruction" NKJ as per 1Kings 20:42. Its interesting to see that the deceiving spirit of Macaiah in 1Kings 22:15 was recognized by king Ahab as not being the truth; he knew that nothing good was ever prophecized for him. And indeed the Lord had proclaimed disaster against him, verse 23. In verse 24 we see that one of the prophets thought that the Spirit of the Lord passed from him to speak to Miciaiah. The man Zedekiah did not recognize the deceiving spirit and thought that he had been speaking from the Spirit of the Lord. So we see that there is a difference between a spirit and the Spirit. So, the bottom line is that Jehoshophat learned to inquire first for the word of the (Lord). 1Kings 22:5. We see from the relating of the same story in 2Chronicles 19 also that "...there is some good in you,...and you have set your heart to seek God." |
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3 | Why did Jehoshaphat join Ahab? | 1 Kin 22:29 | Makarios | 8252 | ||
Ray, I agree, for it was a 'randomly shot' arrow that was able to pierce the armor of King Ahab (another example of God's sovereignty of the situation) and not one that was actually aimed at him. Ahab showed himself as a coward, possibly secretly fearing that Micaiah's prophecy might be true, by wearing a disguise in order to make Micaiah's prophecy less likely to come true (By his thinking). Ryrie's Study Bible states, "Good King Jehoshaphat made three disastrous alliances with apostate Israel: the marriage of his son Jehoram to a daughter of Ahab (2 Chr. 21:6), a commercial alliance (2 Chr. 20:35-37), and this military alliance [against Ramoth-gilead, 2 Chr. 18:1-34]." Jehoshaphat was later to be condemned by the prophet Jehu (2 Chr. 19:2) for voilating the Lord's will by joining forces with Ahab. In this alliance, Jehoshaphat completely reversed the policy of his father Asa, who had entered into an alliance with the Arameans against Baasha of the northern kingdom (see 1 Kings 15:17-23)." (Zondervan's NASB Study Bible) It is also interesting to note that Ben-Hadad, the Syrian king, had ungratefully singled King Ahab out as the 'target' for death even though Ahab had spared his life (1 Kings 20:34). Also, Jehoshaphat's cry to the Lord alone may have shown the Syrians that he was not Ahab. Ahab's death fullfilled the prophecies spoken by Elijah (1 Kings 21:19) and Micaiah. |
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