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1Kings 22:1-40

Ahab, the king of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel, wanted to enter into war with Syria in order to take Ramoth in Gilead. Having talked Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, into joining him against the Syrians; he now needed to consult the prophets for an inquiry from God. Ahab gathered four hundred and all four hundred confirmed to him that God will deliver Syria into his hand. Jehoshaphat insisted for a further confirmation from any other available prophet in the land. AhabÕ s response to Jehoshaphat in 1 Kings 22:8 was not a good one; it was of hatred, ÒSo the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ÔThere is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.Õ And Jehoshaphat said, ÔLet not the king say such things!ÕÓ Ahab was hibernating hatred. Do you hibernate hatred for any handwork of God? Any believer that hates never makes headway and the longer they hold unto hatred is the closer they are to their self-destruction. The prophet Miciah let it be known to Ahab not go to war in spite of what the four hundred prophets said. King AhabÕs hate towards Miciah denied him from responding to the warning signs. Disaster was in place for Ahab because of the hatred that was in him. Ahab went to war against the advice of the prophet Miciah. He rather went in favor of four hundred prophets who prophesied falsely concerning the matter. Hate is a silent and eventual killer which every believer should pray against. Ahab went to war and never returned. Hatred killed him. Ask God to deliver you from everything that is representing hatred in your life in Jesus Name.