Then he dreamed that Ahab appeared to him and remonstrated with him: "How have I sinned against you and how have I offended you, that you should continually dwell on that part of the verse which refers to my wickedness and disregard the last part, which sets forth the mitigating circumstance—'whom Jezebel his wife instigated'?" Therefore, during the next six months Levi spoke as Ahab's defender, lecturing from the same verse, but omitting the middle clause.
He then had a dream in which Ahab chastised him: "How have I erred against you and how have I failed to acknowledge your justice that you should continually emphasize the part of the verse that accuses my wrongdoing and ignore the other part, which offers an explanation—'the wife of King Ahab goaded me'?" Consequently, for six months, Levi defended Ahab's reputation by selectively citing only one half of the verse.