Discoveries....

King Ahab gets told that he is going to die because he had done something wrong and 'Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria' (1 Kings 20:43)

In the next chapter, this same king is refused a vineyard that he requested for and again becomes 'sullen and angry'. Not only that 'He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat' (1 Kings 21:3-4)

Then drama between the prophets....'Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face' (1 Kings 22:24)

I always imagined the Bible to contain big important scholarly words, but these lines seem to give it a new edge. I've heard of kings that tore their clothes, cried out in rage, ordered for people to be killed, but SULK? And dowan to eat??? Then to top it off, his WIFE finds out what is bothering him and orders for the owner of the vineyard to be killed and gets the piece of land for her husband. D-R-A-M-A. Plus a mental note on 'What kind of man NOT to marry' and 'What kind of wife NOT to be'.

And the 'slapping' just tickled me. I thought prophets STRUCK each other. And in my head, it even happens in slow motion. Slapping, brings it down to earth. That scene now pans out like a soap opera in my imagination =D

Ah the things you find out...