The Death Of A King

Ἐκ τῶν περὶ τὸν θάνατον τῳ βασιλεῖ Ἀχαὰμ συμβεβηκότων ἔστι θαυμάσαι, πῶς τὸ χρεὼν οὐδὲ προμηνυόμενον διαφυγεῖν οἶόν τε. Ὑπέρχεται γὰρ τὰς ἀνθρωπίνας ψυχὰς ἐλπίσι θωπεῦον χρησταῖς, καὶ περιάγει αὐτὰς ἐκεῖσε, ὅθεν αὐτῶν βεβαίως κρατήσει καὶ περιέσται. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΟΖ' Εὐλογιῳ Αναγηωστῃ Source: Migne PG 78.520

From those things which touch on the death of king Ahab, one may wonder, how he was not able to escape what he was warned about beforehand. For the souls of men cleverly he comes up upon, beguiling them with happy hopes, and he encircles them, so that he will securely seize and conquer them. 1 Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 2, Letter 77, To Eulogius the Lector 1. 3 Kings 22, esp 20-23