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Verse 36. _EVERY MAN TO HIS CITY_] It appears that the Israelites and
Jews maintained the fight the whole of the day; but when at evening
the king died, and this was known, there was a proclamation ma...
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ABOUT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN - i. e. as soon as Ahab was dead. The
abandonment of the expedition and dispersion of the army on the death
of the king is thoroughly Oriental.
The Septuagint version r...
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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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EVERY MAN. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "Let every man
go".
EVERY MAN. Omitted in some codices, with two early printed editions,
Septuagint, and Vulgate....
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_And there went a proclamation_ R.V. A CRY. The word is often rendered
-cry" and applied both to sorrowful and joyous utterances. Cf. Psalms
17:1; Psalms 30:5. Nowhere else is it rendered -proclamatio...
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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 *...
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וַ יַּעֲבֹ֤ר הָ רִנָּה֙ בַּֽ †
מַּחֲנֶ֔ה...
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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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And there went a proclamation throughout the (z) host about the going
down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his
own country.
(z) Of the Israelites....
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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 THERE WENT A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT THE HOST, ABOUT THE GOING
DOWN OF THE SUN,.... Much about the time that Ahab died; and this
proclamation by an herald might be made by his order, as he was dyi...
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And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down
of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own
country.
Ver. 36. _Saying, Every man to his city._] This was...
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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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And there went a proclamation throughout the host, evidently started
by the discouraged soldiers themselves, ABOUT THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SUN, SAYING, EVERY MAN TO HIS CITY AND EVERY MAN TO HIS OWN COU...
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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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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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THERE WENT A PROCLAMATION; probably by Jehoshaphat's order, with the
consent of the chief captains of Israel; and possibly with the
permission of the king of Syria, upon notice of Ahab's death, which...
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1 Kings 22:36 sun H8121 down H935 (H8800) shout H7440 went H5674
(H8799) army H4264 saying H559 ...
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THE DEATH OF AHAB AND YHWH'S ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HIS
BLOOD (1 KINGS 22:35).
To his credit Ahab recognised that his absence from the battlefield
would be a blow to his army's morale, and h...
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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 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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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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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...