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Verse 1 Kings 22:11. _ZEDEKIAH - MADE HIM HORNS OF IRON_] This was in
imitation of that sort of prophecy which instructed by significative
actions. This was frequent among the prophets of the Lord....
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HORNS OF IRON - The horn in Scripture is the favorite symbol of power;
and pushing with the horn is a common metaphor for attacking and
conquering enemies (see Deuteronomy 33:17; Compare Psalms 44:5;...
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CHAPTER 22 THE DEATH OF AHAB
_ 1. Jehoshaphat and Ahab (1 Kings 22:1)_
2. The prophet Micaiah (1 Kings 22:13)
3. The battle and Ahab's death (1 Kings 22:29)
4. Jehoshaphat of Judah (1 Kings 22:41;...
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AHAB'S ATTACK ON RAMOTH-GILEAD AND HIS DEATH. The death of Ahab must
have taken place before or during the year 854 B.C., when the battle
of Qarqara was fought, and his name is mentioned in the Assyri...
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_Zedekiah_ In 1 Kings 22:24 we see that Zedekiah was the leader of
Ahab's prophets. His action here is one of those symbolical
proceedings not uncommon with the prophets. Thus Ahijah significantly
ren...
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ZEDEKIAH—MADE HIM HORNS OF IRON— It was by these actions that the
prophets instructed the people in the will of God, and conversed with
them in signs; but where God teaches the prophet, and, in compli...
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B. THE PREDICTIONS OF THE COURT PROPHETS 22:6-12
TRANSLATION
(6) And the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
hundred men, and he said unto them, Shall I go up against
Ramoth-gil...
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_AND ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF CHENAANAH MADE HIM HORNS OF IRON: AND HE
SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, WITH THESE SHALT THOU PUSH THE SYRIANS,
UNTIL THOU HAVE CONSUMED THEM._
Zedekiah ... made him horns of iro...
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AHAB AND MICAIAH. AHAB'S DEATH AT RAMOTH-GLLEAD. REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT,
KING OF JUDAH
1. Three years] probably calculated from the peace described in 1
Kings 20:34....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 22
THE *PROPHET MICAIAH
V1 There was peace between Syria and *Israel for almost three years.
V2 In the third year Jehoshaphat, king of *J...
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ZEDEKIAH. — The name itself (“righteousness of Jehovah”) must
certainly imply professed devotion to the true God, whose Name here is
first uttered by him. Symbolic action was not unfrequent in the
pro...
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וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ לֹ֛ו צִדְקִיָּ֥ה בֶֽן
־כְּנַעֲנָ֖ה קַרְנֵ֣י בַרְזֶ֑ל וַ
יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּ...
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ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD
1 Kings 22:1
"I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to
them, yet they prophesied I have heard what the prophets said, who
prophesied lies in My name...
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ENTERING INTO A NEW PARTNERSHIP
1 Kings 22:1
It seems strange that so good a man as the king of Judah should have
entered into such an alliance. It began with the marriage of Jehoram,
son of Jehosha...
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The final movement in the downfall of Ahab is here chronicled.
Jehoshaphat visited Ahab, who suggested the alliance against the king
of Syria. Jehoshaphat suggested an appeal to Jehovah. Ahab produced...
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him (i) horns of iron: and he
said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians,
until thou have consumed them.
(i) The true prophets of God wer...
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_Push, "with the horn," ( Greek: keratiseis; Septuagint) and throw
into the air, (Menochius) like a bull. (Calmet) --- Nothing shall
withstand thy power. The actions of Sedecias were of the same impor...
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(9) Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither
Micaiah the son of Imlah. (10) And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on the...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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The last chapter presents another element of this history, namely, the
guilty alliances which were formed between the royal families of
Israel and Judah. Both of them prosperous at this period, they s...
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AND ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF CHENAANAH MADE HIM HORNS OF IRON,.... Horns
are emblems of power and might, and iron ones of greater strength
still; the prophets sometimes made use of visible signs, to repres...
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said,
Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until
thou have consumed them.
Ver. 11. _Made him horns of iron._]...
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_Zedekiah made him horns of iron_ Fit emblems of the power and victory
of these two kings. The devil is God's ape, and the false prophets
imitated the true, who, when they declared God's mind by words...
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1 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is
slaine at Ramoth Gilead.
37 The dogges licke vp his blood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him.
41 Iehoshaphats good reigne,
45 his act...
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THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...
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AHAB WARNED BUT DETERMINED
(vs.1-28)
Three years later the show of repentance on Ahab's part had worn off.
There had been no war between Israel and Syria, but rather than
leaving matters as they wer...
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1-14 The same easiness of temper, which betrays some godly persons
into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, renders it very
dangerous to them. They will be drawn to wink at and countena...
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HORNS OF IRON; fit emblems of the power and victory of these two
kings. The devil is God's ape, and the false prophets sometimes
imitating the true, who when they declared God's mind by words, did
als...
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1 Kings 22:11 Zedekiah H6667 son H1121 Chenaanah H3668 made H6213
(H8799) horns H7161 iron H1270 said H559 (H8799) says H559 (H8804)
LORD H3068 gore H5055 (H8762) Syrians H758 destroyed H3615 (H8763)...
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AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT UNITE TO REGAIN RAMOTH-GILEAD FOR ISRAEL AND AHAB
LEARNS FROM A PROPHET OF YHWH THAT THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BUT THAT HE
WILL DIE IN THE ATTEMPT (1 KINGS 22:1).
Ahab's life has b...
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CONTENTS: Alliance of Ahab and Jehosophat. Ahab's ultimate defeat.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat, Ahab, Micaiah, Zedekiah, Syrian king,
false prophets, Ahaziah.
CONCLUSION: He who joins himself in af...
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1 Kings 22:2. _Jehoshaphat_ had married his son Jehoram to Athaliah,
daughter of Jezebel; probably from the idea that the connection would
prevent internal war for the future: oh fatal mistake!
1 Kin...
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_Jehoshaphat the King of Judah._
CHARACTER OF JEHOSHAPHAT
In Ahab we have an instance of a wicked man partially reclaimed,
frequently arrested, but yet finally hardened in his iniquity. In
Jehoshapha...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:1 Although the house of Ahab is under a
prophetic curse, the complete fulfillment of the prophecy will be
delayed until the reign of Ahab’s son (see 1 Kings 21:27). However,...
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THE DEATH OF AHAB
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 22:2. JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH CAME DOWN TO THE KING OF
ISRAEL—This visit is accounted for in Chronicles (chap. 1 Kings
18:1): Jehosha...
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EXPOSITION
THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE
DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH.
1 KINGS 22:1
AND THEY CONTINUED [rather, _rested_._ _Heb. _sate_,...
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So they went for three years without war between Syria and Israel. And
it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat who was the king
of the southern tribes Judah, he came up to visit Ahab. And...
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2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Timothy 3:8; Acts 19:13; Ezekiel 13:6; Ezekiel
22:27; Ezekiel 22:28; Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 23:31;...