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Verse 30. _I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF_] Probably he had heard of the
orders given by Ben-hadad to his thirty-two captains, _to fight_ _with
the king of Israel only_; that is, to make their most powerful a...
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I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF - Ahab had probably heard of Ben-hadad’s
order to his captains 1 Kings 22:31....
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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 ...
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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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I WILL. See note on 1 Kings 22:22. A feigned compliment. and piece of
treachery....
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Battle of Ramoth-gilead. Defeat and death of Ahab (2 Chronicles
18:28-34)
30. _I will disguise myself, and enter_[R.V. GO] _into the battle_
Another tense of the same verb is translated -went" in thi...
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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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I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF] Ahab's action implies that Micaiah's words had
made some impression upon him, though not sufficient to make him
desist from his purpose. PUT THOU ON THY ROBES] cp. 2 Samuel 1:1...
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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 *...
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I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF. — The precaution of Ahab is almost
ludicrously characteristic of his temper of half-belief and
half-unbelief. In itself it is, of course, plainly absurd to believe
that God’s j...
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וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל
־יְהֹושָׁפָ֗ט...
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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
t...
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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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Thy own. Septuagint, "I will disguise myself, and go into the battle;
and do thou put on my garment." Hence the Syrians mistook Josaphat for
Achab, (ver. 32.; Calmet) as "it had been agreed between th...
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(30) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the
king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. (31...
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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 KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT, I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF,
AND ENTER INTO THE BATTLE,.... Change his clothes, his royal robes,
and put on others, perhaps the habit of a common soldier; havi...
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of
Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
Ver. 30...
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_The king of Israel said, I will disguise myself_ Put off my imperial
habit, and appear as a private man, that the Syrians may not know me,
and direct their main force against me. This he judged they...
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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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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, in his anxiety to
safeguard his own life, I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF AND ENTER INTO THE
BATTLE, contrary to the custom according to which the king preceded
hi...
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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 were...
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I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF, AND ENTER INTO THE BATTLE:
Or, when he was to disguise himself and enter into the battle...
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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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I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF, i.e. put off my imperial habit, that the
Syrians may not know me, and direct their main force against me; which
they will assuredly endeavour, as knowing that this war proceede...
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1 Kings 22:30 king H4428 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) Jehoshaphat
H3092 disguise H2664 (H8692) go...
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THE BATTLE FOR RAMOTH-GILEAD AND THE DEATH OF AHAB (1 KINGS 22:30)
The prophetic author is not really interested in the details of the
battle. His concern is with the failure of the subterfuge which s...
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THE FAILURE OF THE SUBTERFUGE TO PREVENT THE FULFILMENT OF MICAIAH'S
PROPHECY (1 KINGS 22:30).
With what Micaiah had prophesied in mind Ahab was determined to
demonstrate that he was wrong. Both he an...
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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 King...
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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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CHEATING GOD
And the king of Israel said,... I will disguise myself, and go into
the battle.... And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote
the king of Israel between the joints of the ha...
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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). Howev
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:30 THE KING OF ISRAEL DISGUISED HIMSELF.
Ahab’s disguise is evidence of unclear thinking. If Micaiah has been
lying, there is no danger. If he has been telling the truth, Ah...
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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—_Lit...
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EXPOSITION
THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE
DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH....
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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 14:2; 1 Kings 20:38; 1 Kings 22:10; 1 Samuel 28:8;...