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Verse 35. _THE KING WAS STAYED UP_] He did not wish his misfortune
should be known, lest his troops should be discouraged....
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THE BATTLE INCREASED - See the margin; i. e. the tide of battle rose
higher. Compare Isaiah 8:7.
THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT - The king’s wound made it
impossible for him to remain standing...
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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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WAS STAYED UP. stayed himself up, as in 2 Chronicles 18:34. Difference
caused by pointing of the word _ma'amid_ (here), and _ma'amid_ in
Chronicles. The only occurrence of this participle, compare 2
C...
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_the king was stayed up in his chariot_ Some attempt was doubtless
made to stop the bleeding, and it was thought best that though not in
the fight, Ahab should not withdraw from the field. The LXX. sa...
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C. THE DEATH OF AHAB 22:29-38
TRANSLATION
(29) And the king of Israel went up along with Jehoshaphat to
Ramoth-gilead. (30) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I
will disguise myself, and e...
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_AND THE BATTLE INCREASED THAT DAY: AND THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS
CHARIOT AGAINST THE SYRIANS, AND DIED AT EVEN: AND THE BLOOD RAN OUT
OF THE WOUND INTO THE MIDST OF THE CHARIOT._
No JFB commenta...
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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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THE KING WAS STAYED UP... — Ahab’s repentance, imperfect as it
was, has at least availed to secure him a warrior’s death, before
“the evil came” on his house and on Israel. Evidently he conceals
the d...
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וַ תַּעֲלֶ֤ה הַ מִּלְחָמָה֙ בַּ †
יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֔וּא וְ הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ הָיָ֧ה
מָעֳמָ֛ד...
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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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THE BOW AT A VENTURE EXECUTES GOD'S SENTENCE
1 Kings 22:29
The cup of Ahab's sins was full, and the arrow at a venture executed
divine retribution. Had Micaiah not spoken, men would have attributed...
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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 the battle increased that day: and the (y) king was stayed up in
his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran
out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
(y) That is,...
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_Evening. Achab had only retired to the hinder ranks, while Josaphat,
by his valour, maintained the day, till the death of the former put an
end to the war._...
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(35) And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in
his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran
out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. (36) And ther...
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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 THE BATTLE INCREASED THAT DAY,.... It went on, and did not stop
upon Ahab's going out of the host, but was very hot, and both sides
fought furiously:
AND THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT AGA...
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And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his
chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out
of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
Ver. 35. _And the...
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_The battle increased that day_ There was a sharp fight after this;
insomuch that the king, for fear his soldiers should give way, would
return into the field, notwithstanding his wounds, and be suppo...
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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 DEATH OF AHAB...
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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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INCREASED:
_ Heb._ ascended
MIDST:
_ Heb._ bosom...
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29-40 Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he
might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How
can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who...
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THE BATTLE INCREASED, i.e. grew hot and violent. WAS STAYED UP; was
supported by cordials, or by his servants, that by his presence he
might encourage his soldiers to fight more courageously, and that...
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1 Kings 22:35 battle H4421 increased H5927 (H8799) day H3117 king
H4428 up H5975 (H8716) chariot H4818 facing H5227 Syrians H758 died
H4191 (H8799) evening H6153 blood H1818 out H3332 (H8799) wound H4...
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THE FINAL FATE OF AHAB IS SEALED (1 KINGS 22:1).
As we have seen, prophets have featured all through Ahab's reign, and
here they feature to the end. Ahab could never argue that he had not
been given...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 22:32. THEY TURNED ASIDE TO FIGHT AGAINST
HIM—יּסָרֻו—they turned to him. _Sept._ has
εκύκλωσαν, _surrounded_ him.
1 Kings 22:34.—DREW A BOW AT A VENTURE—_Li...
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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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1 Kings 20:42; 1 Kings 22:28...