TMSJ 16:1 (Spring 2005) p. 81 God entice him to change his intentions. Simply put, God did not lead Ahab into sin. Ahab had already determined what he intended do; he was simply looking for religious permission to pursue his own course of action, and even that permission came only because of the request of Jehoshaphat. Nothing—including God’s specific revelation whereby He had proclaimed disaster against Ahab (22:23, 28)—would deter him. A sequential development occurs in the broader context of