The King of Israel as we started studying in the last posting died in the end attempting something the false prophets told him he would succeed in.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
Thus Ahab met his end in a very strange manner being singled out and everyone else being left unharmed. This reminds us of another foolhardy campaign as we see in 2 Chronicles 35
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
We see in this case a pagan nation invoking the name of God and correctly warning the King to stay out of this battle. In this case bad judgment seemed to only be the issue but perhaps the enemy was influencing the king; which is sad after all the good things Josiah did as one of the truly great kings mentioned in scripture.
We can't ignore the fact that many were influenced by the occult in wars. In fact we can see all 3 major players in World War 2 affected; from the worship of Hirohito as a god to Hitler's Ayrian race madness and Mussolini's cult like status.
The King of Israel as we started studying in the last posting died in the end attempting something the false prophets told him he would succeed in.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
Thus Ahab met his end in a very strange manner being singled out and everyone else being left unharmed. This reminds us of another foolhardy campaign as we see in 2 Chronicles 35
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
We see in this case a pagan nation invoking the name of God and correctly warning the King to stay out of this battle. In this case bad judgment seemed to only be the issue but perhaps the enemy was influencing the king; which is sad after all the good things Josiah did as one of the truly great kings mentioned in scripture.
We can't ignore the fact that many were influenced by the occult in wars. In fact we can see all 3 major players in World War 2 affected; from the worship of Hirohito as a god to Hitler's Ayrian race madness and Mussolini's cult like status.
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