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Border with Micaiah Foretelling the Death of King Ahab; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Additional Info: King Ahab stands on the porch of a great palace listening in dismay as the prophet Micaiah foretells his defeat and death in a forthcoming battle. Angry with Micaiah's prophesy, the king chose to believe the words of the prophets who told him what he wanted to hear, that he would succeed. Before going off to the battle, where he was indeed killed, Ahab threw Micaiah in jail. Simon Bening paired this scene of a righteous man condemned for speaking the truth with the similar story of Christ before Annas, depicted on the facing page.