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Verse 25. _WHEN THOU SHALT GO INTO AN INNER CHAMBER_] It is probable
that this refers to some Divine judgment which fell upon this
deceiver. Hearing of the tragical result of the battle, he no doubt
w...
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Micaiah addresses himself not so much to Zedekiah’s question, as to
the main point which lies in dispute - which of them, namely, is a
true prophet. “When the news, i. e., of Ahab’s death, caused by
h...
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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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_Behold, thou shalt see_ _IN_ [R.V. ON] _that day_ The small change
harmonizes this passage with 2 Chron. What Micaiah was to see and be
convinced of was, that the spirit of God had passed away from h...
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B. THE PROPHECY OF MICAIAH 22:13-28
TRANSLATION
(13) Now the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah had said unto
him, saying, Behold now the words of the prophets are unanimously good
toward the k...
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_AND MICAIAH SAID, BEHOLD, THOU SHALT SEE IN THAT DAY, WHEN THOU SHALT
GO INTO AN INNER CHAMBER TO HIDE THYSELF._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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22:25 chamber (a-18) See ch. 20.30...
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TO HIDE THYSELF] when the news arrived of Israel's defeat....
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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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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר מִיכָ֔יְהוּ הִנְּךָ֥
רֹאֶ֖ה בַּ †...
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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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WHAT JEHOVAH SAITH… THAT WILL I SPEAK
1 Kings 22:13
Ramoth was one of the cities of refuge, situated across the Jordan.
The false prophets spake as they knew would please the king and gain
the popula...
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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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_Go into a chamber, &c. This happened when he heard the king was
slain, and justly apprehended that he should be punished for his false
prophecy; (Challoner) though this be nowhere recorded, (Calmet)...
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(24) But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on
the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to
speak unto thee? (25) And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt...
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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 MICAIAH SAID, BEHOLD, THOU SHALT SEE IN THE DAY WHEN THOU SHALT GO
INTO AN INNER CHAMBER TO HIDE THYSELF. Who would either accompany Ahab
to the battle, and, upon his being wounded, flee to the fi...
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_But Zedekiah went near_ The chief of the false prophets, who was much
in the king's favour. _Which way went the Spirit of the Lord,_ &c. In
what manner went it? Contemptuous language as well as behav...
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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 Micaiah, without resenting the blow inflicted by Zedekiah, SAID,
BEHOLD, THOU SHALT SEE IN THAT DAY WHEN THOU SHALT GO INTO AN INNER
CHAMBER TO HIDE THYSELF, running from one room to another in th...
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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 were...
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INTO AN INNER CHAMBER:
Or, from chamber to chamber. _Heb._ chamber in a chamber...
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15-28 The greatest kindness we can do to one that is going in a
dangerous way, is, to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened
criminal without excuse, and to give a useful lesson to others,
Mic...
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Out of a just fear and expectation of the deserved punishment of a
false prophet, and of the great author and abettor of this pernicious
war, and of Ahab's destruction....
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1 Kings 22:25 Micaiah H4321 said H559 (H8799) see H7200 (H8802) day
H3117 go H935 (H8799) inner...
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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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INNER
Hebrew, "a chamber in a chamber." (1 Kings 20:30)....
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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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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 22:25 All will become clear, Micaiah claims,
when the disaster that he is predicting comes and Zedekiah is forced
to HIDE inside someone’s home....
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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 20:30; 2 Peter 2:1; Amos 7:17; Isaiah 9:14; Jeremiah 23:15;...
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Hide thyself — Probably he went with Ahab to the battle, after which
he was glad to shelter himself where he could....