# Jehoshaphat and Ahab - The Book of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 30 Nov 2023, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 99. Jehoshaphat, a king who loved God, sent teachers to share His laws with the people in the towns of Judah. He also faced challenges, like the death of another king named Ahab. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: The messenger who went to call Micah spoke to him, saying,
[0:31] Speaker 1: As we learn about what happened to King Ahab and
[0:34] Speaker 1: all the others who didn't tell the truth, remind us
[0:38] Speaker 1: to be sincere in everything we say and do. Help
[0:42] Speaker 1: us to be people that others will trust and rely
[0:46] Speaker 1: on the way we can trust and rely on you.
[0:50] Speaker 1: We love you so much. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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[1:30] Speaker 3: Jehoshaphat and Ahab. In our last story, we learned about
[1:35] Speaker 3: Naboth's vineyard. In this story, we return to the succession
[1:40] Speaker 3: of kings in Israel and Judah and learn about Jehoshaphat
[1:46] Speaker 3: as inspired by 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles.
[1:53] Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Joya Sadler with the Kids Bible in
[1:56] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. I'm so happy you're here. Today we
[2:00] Speaker 1: hear about how King Ahab thought he could outsmart God,
[2:04] Speaker 1: but no one outsmarts God. Let's jump in and hear
[2:10] Speaker 1: the whole story.
[2:14] Speaker 3: Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah after
[2:19] Speaker 3: his father died. The Lord blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed
[2:23] Speaker 3: the ways of King David. Jehoshaphat protected the nation even more.
[2:29] Speaker 3: by setting up troops in all of the cities of
[2:31] Speaker 3: Judah and set pillars in the towns that his father captured.
[2:36] Speaker 3: The fear of the Lord came upon all of the
[2:38] Speaker 3: territories that surrounded Judah, and not one territory waged war.
[2:44] Speaker 1: With the king of Judah.
[2:46] Speaker 3: Jehoshaphat wanted to build an alliance with the king of Israel.
[2:51] Speaker 3: He decided to arrange a marriage between his son and
[2:55] Speaker 3: the daughter of the king of Israel. Jehoshaphat traveled down
[2:59] Speaker 3: to meet Ahab, the king of Israel, to make this
[3:02] Speaker 3: alliance an even stronger one. Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, I
[3:07] Speaker 3: have already informed my servants of this, but Ramoth-Gilead is
[3:11] Speaker 3: our territory, and we are not doing anything about it.
[3:16] Speaker 3: What do you think about going to battle with me
[3:18] Speaker 3: for Ramoth-Gilead? Jehoshaphat responded, I am with you on this one,
[3:24] Speaker 3: as your people are my people. But first, We need
[3:27] Speaker 3: to hear the word of the Lord. So the king
[3:30] Speaker 3: of Israel gathered about 400 prophets together and asked, Should
[3:35] Speaker 3: we go to battle against Ramoth-Gilead? The prophets said to Ahab,
[3:41] Speaker 3: Go battle Ramoth-Gilead, and the Lord will give you the land.
[3:45] Speaker 3: Jehoshaphat was not at peace with this word from the
[3:48] Speaker 3: prophets and asked Ahab, Is there a prophet around that
[3:53] Speaker 3: is of the Lord? Ahab said, Well, there is one prophet, Micaiah,
[3:59] Speaker 3: but I do not like hearing from him because he
[4:02] Speaker 3: is always saying bad things to me. Jehoshaphat knew that
[4:07] Speaker 3: they had to ask for the word of the Lord
[4:09] Speaker 3: from Micaiah. So the king of Israel sent out one
[4:13] Speaker 3: of his officials to bring Micaiah to them. When the
[4:17] Speaker 3: officials went out looking for Micaiah, the kings were hearing
[4:21] Speaker 3: more prophecies from the 400 prophets with detailed instructions on
[4:26] Speaker 3: how to take over Ramoth-Gilead. When the official found Micaiah,
[4:30] Speaker 3: he said, Listen up. All of the other prophets are
[4:34] Speaker 3: speaking favorably to the king, so it would be wise
[4:37] Speaker 3: to make your word match theirs. But Micaiah knew God
[4:41] Speaker 3: and said, As long as the Lord lives, I will
[4:45] Speaker 3: speak what he tells me to speak. When Micaiah was
[4:49] Speaker 3: in the presence of the king, the king asked him, So,
[4:54] Speaker 3: Do you think we should go to battle for Ramoth-Gilead? Yeah,
[4:59] Speaker 3: go ahead and go to war and it will be
[5:01] Speaker 3: an easy win, he said. This was unusual for Micaiah
[5:05] Speaker 3: to say such a thing. So the king said to him, Micaiah,
[5:10] Speaker 3: please tell me the truth on what the Lord has spoken.
[5:16] Speaker 3: Micaiah then said, I see the people of Israel scattered
[5:21] Speaker 3: all over the mountains like sheep without a shepherd. Ahab
[5:25] Speaker 3: frustratingly said to Jehoshaphat, I told you, Micaiah never has
[5:29] Speaker 3: anything good to.
[5:30] Speaker 2: Say to me.
[5:31] Speaker 3: Micaiah spoke again. I saw the Lord sitting on his
[5:35] Speaker 3: throne and all of heaven standing by him. And the
[5:40] Speaker 3: Lord is asking, How can I get Ahab to go
[5:43] Speaker 3: to Ramoth Gilead? A spirit in heaven suggested that he
[5:48] Speaker 3: would go out as a lying spirit in the mouth
[5:51] Speaker 3: of his prophets. Micaiah said, The Lord has put a
[5:55] Speaker 3: lying spirit in the mouth of your prophets, because doom
[5:59] Speaker 3: will come upon you. One of Micaiah's prophets slapped Micaiah
[6:04] Speaker 3: across the face, and Ahab commanded to have Micaiah thrown
[6:08] Speaker 3: into prison. Micaiah cried out, Listen to me. If this
[6:13] Speaker 3: man comes back safe, then I am not a prophet
[6:16] Speaker 3: of the Lord. Ahab and Jehoshaphat both went to battle.
[6:22] Speaker 3: Ahab told Jehoshaphat to put on fine clothes and I
[6:25] Speaker 3: will disguise myself as a regular soldier. The king of
[6:29] Speaker 3: Aram commanded his soldiers to kill only Ahab. Jehoshaphat took
[6:35] Speaker 3: on the appearance of Ahab when he was on a chariot,
[6:38] Speaker 3: but as he got closer, the soldiers held back from
[6:41] Speaker 3: killing him because it was not the king of Israel.
[6:45] Speaker 3: There was a man that had a bow and shot
[6:48] Speaker 3: a random arrow in the air and it struck Ahab
[6:51] Speaker 3: in the joint of his armor, causing him to bleed.
[6:55] Speaker 3: Ahab cried out, Get me out of here! I am wounded!
[6:59] Speaker 3: Ahab watched the rest of the battle as he was
[7:01] Speaker 3: propped up in his chariot, and he died as the
[7:05] Speaker 3: evening came. Ahab's body was brought to Samaria to be buried,
[7:10] Speaker 3: and his chariot was washed in the pool Samaria. The
[7:15] Speaker 3: dogs licked up his blood just as the Lord had said.
[7:26] Speaker 1: Oh boy, there sure was a lot of pretending and
[7:28] Speaker 1: lying in today's story, wasn't there? Sadly, that was pretty
[7:33] Speaker 1: normal for King Ahab. Do you remember when he told
[7:37] Speaker 1: everyone to forget about God and worship a fake god
[7:41] Speaker 1: named Baal instead? Or when he let his wife kill
[7:46] Speaker 1: his neighbor Naboth so he could steal his vineyard? The
[7:51] Speaker 1: Bible says King Ahab was the worst of the worst.
[7:54] Speaker 1: of all the kings of Israel. That's pretty bad. And
[7:59] Speaker 1: while nobody today is as bad as King Ahab, everybody
[8:03] Speaker 1: chooses to do bad things, like lie or steal sometimes.
[8:09] Speaker 1: When you do bad things, do your parents say, oh well,
[8:12] Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, la-di-da?
[8:15] Speaker 3: No.
[8:16] Speaker 1: Loving parents help you learn to become better by disciplining you.
[8:22] Speaker 1: Maybe they put you in time out, Or take away
[8:25] Speaker 1: some privileges. That discipline helps you to make better choices
[8:30] Speaker 1: the next time you feel tempted to sin. Of course,
[8:36] Speaker 1: the best reason not to sin is because you don't
[8:38] Speaker 1: want to make God or your parents sad. But you
[8:41] Speaker 1: also don't want to get punished. Now, discipline can teach
[8:46] Speaker 1: you to be better. And watching others can teach you
[8:49] Speaker 1: to be better too. If your brother or sister disobeys
[8:53] Speaker 1: and gets disciplined, you can see it and be smart
[8:57] Speaker 1: enough to say, no, no way, not me. I'm not
[9:00] Speaker 1: going to do that. That's how God tried to help
[9:04] Speaker 1: the Israelites to stop doing bad things by disciplining King
[9:08] Speaker 1: Ahab for all the terrible, horrible, wicked things he did.
[9:13] Speaker 1: He hoped the people would be wise enough to say,
[9:15] Speaker 1: no way, not for me. I'm not going to do that.
[9:20] Speaker 1: But do you remember what happened? Proud King Ahab wanted
[9:25] Speaker 1: to take back some land he'd lost, but he needed help.
[9:30] Speaker 1: So he asked good King Jehoshaphat from Judah, Will you
[9:35] Speaker 1: fight with me to get this land back? King Jehoshaphat said,
[9:40] Speaker 1: I'm happy to help, but before I can say yes,
[9:42] Speaker 1: we should ask God, Are there any prophets around? This
[9:47] Speaker 1: is when all the lying and pretending starts. You see,
[9:51] Speaker 1: there were 400 liars in King Ahab's court pretending to
[9:55] Speaker 1: be prophets. They weren't real prophets because they didn't listen
[10:00] Speaker 1: to God. They made up lies and told King Ahab
[10:03] Speaker 1: what he wanted to hear. King Jehoshaphat could tell. He said, no,
[10:09] Speaker 1: I mean a real prophet of the Lord. So King
[10:15] Speaker 1: Ahab called Micah. that he wasn't happy because Micah always
[10:19] Speaker 1: told the truth. And that usually meant bad news for
[10:23] Speaker 1: wicked King Ahab. So when Micah showed up, he told
[10:29] Speaker 1: the king the truth. He said, King Ahab was the
[10:32] Speaker 1: biggest pretender of all. He ignored Micah and went into
[10:34] Speaker 1: battle anyway. But he dressed like a soldier, not a king,
[10:50] Speaker 1: to trick the enemy. He thought he could outsmart God.
[10:55] Speaker 1: But no one outsmarts God. Even though the other army
[11:00] Speaker 1: didn't recognize King Ahab, one soldier shot an arrow up, up,
[11:06] Speaker 1: up into the sky just for fun. And that arrow
[11:09] Speaker 1: fell down, down, down, right into a hole in Ahab's armor.
[11:15] Speaker 1: Just like God said, Ahab died in that battle. You see,
[11:20] Speaker 1: King Ahab showed all the people of Israel what you
[11:23] Speaker 1: should not do and not become. And when you see
[11:28] Speaker 1: people doing things you shouldn't do, do you know what
[11:32] Speaker 1: to say? Say, no way, not me, I'm not going
[11:37] Speaker 1: to go do that. I'm so happy you joined me today.
[11:41] Speaker 1: Come back next time to find out how King Jehoshaphat
[11:44] Speaker 1: showed his people in Judah what they should do and
[11:48] Speaker 1: how God responded when he did. Remember, the Bible is
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