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): Jehoshaphat came to Israel for the marriage of his son Jehoram
to Ahab’s daughter, Athaliah (see 2 Kings 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
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._, “in bis
simplicity.” So 2 Samuel 15:11.
1 Kings 22:38. THEY WASHED HIS ARMOUR—A manifestly inco... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 22:41. HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH—Scant
records of Judah occur in the Scriptures, but _Chronicles_ give them
more fully.
1 Kings 22:46. THE SODOMITES … HE TOOK OUT OF THE LAND—_Lit._,
extinguished from the land.
1 Kings 22:49. THEN SAID AH... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 22:51_
THE POWER OF EVIL TO PERPETUATE ITSELF
I. THAT EVIL PERPETUATES ITSELF BY THE FORCE OF PARENTAL TRAINING AND
EXAMPLE (1 Kings 22:52). Ahaziah was cursed with a wicked ancestry.
The evil wrought by a wicked father may be counteracted by the
influences of a pious mother,... [ Continue Reading ]