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  1. The Zedekiah show<\/em>. In the choir of the 400 false prophets, there\u2019s also a solo: \u201cZedekiah son of Chenaanah had provided himself with iron horns; and he said, \u201c\u2018Thus said the LORD: With these you shall gore the Arameans till you make an end of them\u2019\u201d (verse 11).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. A rare peek behind the curtain<\/em>. See verses 19-22. A meeting is held among the celestial retinue, how best to persuade Ahab to go to war – and lose. \u201cThen one said thus and another said thus, until a certain spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, \u2018I will entice him\u2019\u201d (there). A scene which raises all sorts of theological questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Truth and fiction<\/em>. Who is a true prophet and who a false prophet? Is there a sure-fire way to tell them apart? Does this story help answer those questions – or the opposite? On the one hand, Jehoshaphat expresses reservations about the chorus of prophets, and even Ahab seems to be able to intuit when Micaiah is telling the truth and when not. On the other hand, Micaiah himself reflects a complex situation of false messages emanating from trusted sources.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The death of the brave<\/em>. Ahab is wounded in battle, but out of a sense of national responsibility, doesn\u2019t leave the fray, but \u201cremained propped up in the chariot facing Aram\u201d until the evening, until he died (verse 35).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The rest of the deeds of Ahab<\/em>. The book of Kings has devoted six plus chapters to Ahab. They judged him primarily through the lens of his relationship with God and with Elijah, and a little around his war with Aram. Verse 39 suggests that this was not nearly all, that there were also \u201cThe other events of Ahab\u2019s reign, and all his actions\u2014the ivory palace that he built and all the towns that he fortified \u2014are all recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.\u201d But there was even more. Extra-biblical sources testify to King Ahab\u2019s power and standing in the international arena. These many mentions teach us that everything that was included in the biblical text, and everything that wasn\u2019t – was intentional.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Shipwrecks<\/em>. Very bad news. 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