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Please read I Kings 22:29-36
16. There are so many questions that this passage raises. After the prophecy of Micaiah, why did Ahab and Jehoshaphat go into battle? Why didn’t Ahab listen to Micaiah? Why did good king Jehoshaphat agree to go? Surely he believed Micaiah’s prophecy. Why did Ahab take off his royal robes? Why didn’t Jehoshaphat remove his royal robes?
17. Verse 34 tells us that a random soldier drew his bow at random and this random arrow just happened to find a hole in Ahab’s armor. What can we learn about God and His ways from this verse?
17. Verse 34 tells us that a random soldier drew his bow at random and this random arrow just happened to find a hole in Ahab’s armor. What can we learn about God and His ways from this verse?
Please read I Kings 22:37-40
18. How would you rate the reign of Ahab? Take into account the ivory house and the cities he built that are mentioned in verse 39. Can you see any parallels between Ahab and modern life in America?
Please read I Kings 22:41-50
19. We have seen many mentions of the high places in the preceding chapters. What were these high places? Why was not removing them a black mark on the reign of Jehoshaphat?
20. In II Chronicles 20:35-37, Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Ahaziah but it ended in disaster. Here it appears that the ships were wrecked and only then did Ahaziah try to make a treaty with Jehoshaphat. How do we reconcile these two passages?
20. In II Chronicles 20:35-37, Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Ahaziah but it ended in disaster. Here it appears that the ships were wrecked and only then did Ahaziah try to make a treaty with Jehoshaphat. How do we reconcile these two passages?
Please read I Kings 22:51-53
21. We started this chapter with Ahab in the Northern Kingdom, saw the demise of Ahab, switched to Ahab’s contemporary in the Southern Kingdom, Jehoshaphat, and now we’re moving back to the Northern Kingdom and Ahab’s son, Ahaziah. He is noted as being just as evil as his father (Ahab) and mother (Jezebel), but then is compared to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Who was Jeroboam and what did he do?