It is hard to imagine what the times were like in ancient Israel. Here was Ahab, an evil and presumably confident man being brought to a place of fear by an imminent attack, possibly because of the sheer scale of the invaders. When asked for too much however, Ahab decides to rebuff the attackers and comes out with the immortal line, "A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won."
We read of an intervention however from God. Despite Ahab being evil, God has already promised to protect Israel and that is what he does via a prophet who tells Ahab how to approach the battle so they win.
We sometimes think of life in quite simple terms like the Jews did, "God helps righteous people and ignores the unholy" but God is much larger and deeper than that and works to bring everything about for His glory and purpose. How amazing is that!
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