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I thought I posted this two days ago. Sorry for the delay.
1 Kings 20-22
Benhadad tries to bully Ahab and Ahab is ready to play the victim. But the LORD (through a prophet) tells him to go smite the Syrians. He does to the tune of 127,000 killed.
A prophet gets eaten by a lion for some reason.
Ahab shows mercy on Benhadad and lets him live. God frowns upon acts of mercy and Ahab is doomed.
Ahab wants a vineyard for a garden but the owner doesn't sell. Jezebel frames the guy for blaspheming God and is stoned. God blames Ahab for this deed, not Jezebel.
Ahab then consults several prophets before going into battle. Everyone tells him he'll be victorious but God tells the one negative (unnamed?) prophet to lie so that Ahab will go into battle (Ahab knows the prophet is lying but goes anyway). He tries to hide in plain site as a common soldier but ends up as a proverbially pin cushion.
Speaking of prophets, doesn't one of the laws from Moses say that fortune tellers, psychics and witches are evil and should be killed? If so, why is he speaking through them?
@Bruce,
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of prophets, doesn't one of the laws from Moses say that fortune tellers, psychics and witches are evil and should be killed?
Exodus 22:18 - witch
Leviticus 20:27 - wizard
Deuteronomy 18:10-13 - make sure none of them are found in your country.
A prophet is not the same as a fortune teller, psychic or witch. Those mentioned don't speak the Word of God, they pray and seek demons. Now for a prophet if he spake something and said it was a word from the Lord and it did not come to pass, he was to die. (Deuteronomy 18:20-22). No need to fear him.
All of the recent stories of kings that include "are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?" (or Judah) ... does that mean we'll get more of this soon? From what I recall, Chronicles is a retelling, with not a lot of new material.
ReplyDeleteOr is the "chronicles" referring to books that are not part of the Bible?
@Skepticali,
ReplyDeleteI believe it's more of the same. And i was reviewing the first few chapters of Chronicles, and it's allot of genealogy, the first 9 chapters, also allot of suburbs in there as well.
@Bruce,
Hey sir light a fire under it, we need to get this wagon train moving again. :-D
All of the recent stories of kings that include "are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?" (or Judah) ... does that mean we'll get more of this soon? From what I recall, Chronicles is a retelling, with not a lot of new material.
ReplyDeleteThese "Chronicles of Kings of Israel/Judah" are unknown sources, lost to the sands of time. I think the citation sounds a little formulaic. They did seem to think the reader would know what they were talking about.
Chronicles is not quite a retelling; more accurately, it's rank plagiarism of Samuel/Kings. (Well, that was what ancient authors did, no biggie, but the editing is barbaric on the source material.)