Only What God Says

Ahab wanted to take Ramoth Gilead back from Syria. He asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah to go with him. Jehoshaphat said to ask the Lord first. Ahab gathered four hundred prophets. They all said to go up and win.

Jehoshaphat asked for a prophet of the Lord. Ahab said Micaiah was one, but he hated him. Micaiah never said good things about Ahab. A messenger told Micaiah to agree with the others. Micaiah said he would speak only what the Lord said. He saw Israel scattered like sheep with no shepherd. Ahab had him put in prison with bread and water.

Ahab went into battle in disguise. A man shot an arrow at random. It struck Ahab between the joints of his armor. He died that evening, as the Lord had said. Jehoshaphat reigned in Judah for twenty-five years. He walked in the way of his father Asa and did right.