“So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria. Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, the ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.”
I Kings 22:37-40 NKJV
a. So the king died: The word through the prophet Micaiah proved true. King Ahab never returned to Samaria or Israel in peace.
b. The dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed: This was an almost fulfillment of God’s word through Elijah in 1 Kings 21:19, where Elijah prophesied that dogs would lick the blood of Ahab. This proved true, but not in the place Elijah said it would happen. God relented from His original judgment against Ahab announced in 1 Kings 21, but because of Ahab’s false repentance and continued sin, a very similar judgment came upon him.
c. According to the word of the LORD which He had spoken: There was another prophecy fulfilled in the death of Ahab. It was the word from the anonymous prophet of 1 Kings 20:42, that Ahab spared Ben-Hadad’s life at the expense of his own.
d. The ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built: By material standards, the reign of Ahab was a success. He was generally militarily successful and enjoyed a generally prosperous economy. Yet spiritually his reign was a disaster, one of the worst ever for Israel. (Guzik)
Dogs Licked!
Our dogs throughout our lives have had this habit, if you wound yourself and bleed the dogs will try to lick up the blood. You could say that they have a taste for it but dogs actually don’t have taste buds, they have an extreme sense of smell.
The dogs licked up his blood (Ahab) and the prophesy was fulfilled!
Do you believe the prophecy of Isaiah 53 about Jesus Christ written before Jesus was born?
Blessings
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