Day 166 - 1 Kings 22, Verses 1-28

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V.1-4 If the words of Ahab, king of the 10 tribes, were bad in chapter 20:4 (with a Gentile), these words (in verse 4) of the king of Judah to Ahab are worse!
V.5-8 Jehoshaphat, in a wrong association, has a troubled conscience. Ahab is satisfied with the advice of those who told him what he wanted to hear. But there is another faithful man whose advice is not wanted.
V.9-12 Can 400 men be anything but right? Is it true that “in numbers there is strength”? These were the reasonings of the mind, but not God’s thoughts.
V.13-18 Is the truth of God ever “evil” (v. 18)? To the person unwilling to follow God, it is.
V.19-28 The servant of God knows what kind of a spirit is behind the 400, and he plainly tells them all. He is like the Lord Jesus Who suffered such terrible treatment from His own people, without being delivered by God (See Lam. 3:3030He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. (Lamentations 3:30); Matt. 26:67-6867Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? (Matthew 26:67‑68)).