The Death of Ahab

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 22:1-40
July 21, 2024

Sermon Outline

1. A meeting between Ahab and Jehoshaphat

• The significance of Gilead

• Ahab proposes to retake Ramoth Gilead

• Jehoshaphat’s request

2. Pressure on Micaiah

• The pressure in general

• One pressure in particular

3. Micaiah speaks the truth

• Micaiah’s sarcastic sycophantic answer

• Micaiah’s serious, truthful answer

• Micaiah recounts his vision

4. Micaiah is punished for speaking the truth

• Zedekiah slaps Micaiah

• Ahab incarcerates Micaiah

5. Ahab dies in battle

• The battle proper

• God’s sovereignty in the battle

• Ahab’s burial

• A summary of Ahab’s life

6. A final word