1 Kings 22:34

A RANDOM ARROW FINDS ITS MARK AND SLAYS AHAB

"And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded. And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country."

"A certain man ... smote the king ... between the joints of the armor" (1 Kings 22:34). Jewish writers, following the opinion of Josephus, attempt to identify this certain man as Naaman; "But it is directly contrary to the spirit of the narrative to attempt an identification. As it was a chance arrow, it was also by an unknown archer."[30]

"Between the joints of the armor" (1 Kings 22:34). I have seen specimens of the type of armor used in those days on display in the Metropolitan Museum on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and from Montgomery's inspection of those exhibits, he concluded that, "The arrow struck Ahab between the metal scales that covered the mobile upper legs and joints, and the solid metal breastplate above."[31] This would mean that he was struck in the upper thigh, or groin.