March 6, 2013 – 1 Kings 21

This is a very similar story to David and Bathsheba. It has a similar outcome to. Ahab regrets his actions (although he really doesn’t seem to be the one making the choices) and God takes away any immediate punishment. In fact, both have the punishment going to a child. David’s son dies because of his actions and Ahab’s heirs are going to suffer for what he did. Actually, they probably could have named the vineyard Bathsheba after they took possession and that would have been icing on the cake.

The way the man is killed reminds me of John the Baptist. A woman convinces others to set things up in such a way to have him killed. With John, it was the wife telling the daughter to ask for John’s head, thus, someone else actually does the killing. Here, the group accuses him on something and he is stoned, so the wife’s hands are clean. I guess that is also like David’s story, sending Uriah to the front and then having the army back off.