_DIVINE ENLIGHTENMENT AND GUIDANCE NEEDED_
‘Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to
battle, or shall I forbear?’ etc.
1 Kings 22:6
As against Benhadad, Ahab was in the right when he sought to capture
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_THE LAST ACT OF A TRAGEDY_
‘Carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.’
1 Kings 22:34
King Ahab appears here in the last act of his career, just as we have
seen him always hitherto, devoid of religious or moral character. His
penitence had, as we see from the story before us, borne no fruit.
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