Read 1 Kings 22.24-44. In verse 24: Zedekiah claims that the lying spirit is actually in Micaiah. In verse 25: Micaiah's point is not entirely clear. Apparently, he foresees Zedekiah trying to hide in an inner chamber after Israel's defeat. Another possible interpretation would take Micaiah's meaning to be coarsely sarcastic: You will know the answer to your question (v. 24) the next time you relieve yourself (taking hide in the inner chamber to be a euphemism). In verses 27-28: In peace means alive and unharmed. In verse 30: The king of Israel believed Micaiah enough so that he disguised himself in order to avoid being a target of the enemy. The probably means that he did not wear his royal robes as did Jehoshaphat. In verses 32-33: Something about Jehoshaphat's cry, perhaps his accent, alerted the Arameans that he was not the king of Israel. In verse 36: Every man to his city, and every man to his country is a cry to military demobilization. See 2 Sam 20.1; 1 Kings 12.16. In verse 38: The fact that the dogs licked up (Ahab's) blood is evidently meant as a fulfillment of Elijah's word in 21.19. In verse 40: The idiom slept with his ancestors is not used anywhere else of a king who suffered a violent death. Thus the closing formula for Ahab's reign seems to ignore his death in battle. In verse 43: The high places were places for worship outside Jerusalem. Comments or Questions..
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