1 Kings 22:29

AHAB'S PITIFUL EFFORTS TO PREVENT MICAIAH'S PROPHECY FROM COMING TRUE

"So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. Now the king of Samaria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. And it came to pass, that when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. And when it came to pass, that the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him."

"But put thou on thy robes" (1 Kings 22:30). What a dunce was Jehoshaphat for allowing himself to be deceived into accepting such an arrangement as this. It almost resulted in his death. "The purpose of Ahab's disguise was not treachery against Jehoshaphat, but for the avoidance of fate,"[27] as we would say it, "to avoid the fulfillment of Micaiah's prophecy." He was actually trying to hide from God.

"And Jehoshaphat cried out" (1 Kings 22:32). "This was not a prayer to God, but his battle-cry."[28] It is this writer's view that it was indeed a cry to God.