1 Kings 21-22 - sniveling kings and Godly staff meetings

The readings - Day 110 - 1 Kings 21-22

Remember that time when I referred to Ahab as one of the most unlikable people ever? I was actually doing a bit of foreshadowing, looking forward to this story.

Don't get me wrong, he's never been a peach, but at least in the past he was despicable for being out-and-out malevolent, and acting entirely outside of the established rules for a king of Israel. He was a villain all the way, but he at least had a sort of internal consistency. He was a little bit like a well-cast movie villain; you love to hate him, but that in itself is a sort of psychologically mitigating factor on your opinion of him.

Then we get to the final two chapters of 1 Kings, and all of that goes out the window, because Ahab becomes genuinely pathetic.