How can God send a lying spirit? Who or what is the lying spirit? And what are we to make of King Ahab’s life?  In today’s episode, Emma Dotter walks us through the over arching story of King Ahab’s life and takes a look at a few of the toughest verses in today’s reading assignment. 
 
 Additional Scriptures that are used in this episode:
 
 1 Kings 18:20-40 – Elijah and the prophets of Baal 
 Deuteronomy 28:15-68 – Consequences for disobeying God 
 Job 1; 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Samuel 24; Zechariah 3:1 – Who could the lying spirit be? 
 1 Samuel 16:14 – Saul and the harmful spirit
 
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