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By the terms of Ahab’s covenant with Ben-hadad, Ramoth in Gilead
ought, long ere this, to have been restored 1 Kings 20:34. Hence, the
claim “is ours,” i. e., “it belongs to us of right though the
Syr...
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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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AND THE KING OF ISRAEL. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_
(App-6) with 1 Kings 22:2.
RAMOTH. One of the Cities of Refuge.
OURS. Given by Jehovah. Therefore presumably. "good work" to take it.
B...
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_Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead_is _ours_ The statement of Josephus
(_Ant_. viii. 15, 3) is very probable, viz. that the father of
Ben-hadad had taken Ramoth-gilead, with other cities, from Omri.
Ben-h...
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I. FAITHLESS AHAB AND FEARLESS MICAIAH 22:1-40
Against the earnest protestations of a faithful prophet, the foolhardy
Ahab organized a military campaign to try and recapture the
Transjordan border tow...
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_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS, KNOW YE THAT RAMOTH IN
GILEAD IS OURS, AND WE BE STILL, AND TAKE IT NOT OUT OF THE HAND OF
THE KING OF SYRIA?_
Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours -...
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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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RAMOTH IN GILEAD] situated a little N. of the Jabbok (the modern es
Salt). The city had perhaps been amongst those which had been taken
from Omri by Benhadad I, king of Syria, and which his son, Benha...
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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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RAMOTH IN GILEAD. — The city is first mentioned (in Deuteronomy
4:43; Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:38) as a city of refuge in the territory
of Gad; then (in...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל
־עֲבָדָ֔יו...
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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 Jehoshap...
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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 king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that (c) Ramoth
in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the
hand of the king of Syria?
(c) The kings of Syria kept Ramo...
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_Syria. Benadad had not restored it; either because he no longer
regarded his treaty, or because the city had not been taken by his
father. (Calmet)_...
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(3) And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth
in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of
the king of Syria? (4) And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt...
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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 HIS SERVANTS,.... His nobles, those
of his privy council, his ministers of state; or "had said" n, some
little time before Jehoshaphat came:
KNOW YE THAT RAMOTH IN G...
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And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in
Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the hand
of the king of Syria?
Ver. 3. _Know ye that Ramoth in Gile...
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_Know ye not that Ramoth in Gilead is ours?_ Belongeth to us by right,
both by God's donation, and by our last agreement with Ben- hadad, 1
Kings 20:34. It is probable Ben-hadad had not made good his...
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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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And the king of Israel said unto his servants, at some time during
Jehoshaphat's visit, KNOW YE THAT RAMOTH IN GILEAD, an important
fortified city in the country east of Jordan, IS OURS, both by right...
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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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STILL, AND TAKE IT:
_ Heb._ silent from taking it...
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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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1 Kings 22:3 king H4428 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) servants H5650
know H3045 (H8804) Ramoth H7433 Gilead...
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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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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 be...
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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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_Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the
hand of the King of Syria?_
UNPOSSESSED POSSESSIONS
I. What is ours and not ours. Every Christian man has large tracts of
unanne...
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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). Howev
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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): Jehoshap...
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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 4:13; 2 Samuel 19:10; Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; Judges 16
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Is ours — Belongeth to us by right. both by God's donation, and by
our last agreement with Ben — hadad, 1 Kings 20:34, which yet he
refuseth to deliver up....