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Jehoshaphat, with characteristic piety 1 Kings 22:43 takes advantage
of his position as Ahab’s friend and ally, to suggest inquiry of the
Lord (Yahweh) before the expedition is undertaken. Lest Ahab s...
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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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_Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord_ The persuasion has
gained from him a promise, but Jehoshaphat would still find out
whether the proposed expedition has the sanction of Jehovah. It is
cl...
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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 HE SAID UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT, WILT THOU GO WITH ME TO BATTLE TO
RAMOTH-GILEAD? AND JEHOSHAPHAT SAID TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, I AM AS
THOU ART, MY PEOPLE AS THY PEOPLE, MY HORSES AS THY HORSES._
No JFB...
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22:5 day (a-14) Or 'first....
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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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ENQUIRE... OF THE LORD] Jehoshaphat's piety led him to seek the divine
guidance before starting on the proposed expedition.
TO DAY] better, 'first of all': cp. 1 Kings 1:51 Genesis 25:31; (RM).
6. Th...
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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 יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹושָׁפָ֖ט אֶל ־מֶ֣לֶךְ
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
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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 Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, (e) Enquire, I pray
thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
(e) He seemed that he would not go to war unless God approved it, yet
when Michaiah advised the...
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_One, in concord, (Haydock) and ready to march against the same enemy.
--- Lord. This was rather late, if (Menochius) the army was already
receiving its pay under the walls of Samaria. (Josephus,
[Ant...
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(5) And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray
thee, at the word of the LORD today.
I beg the Reader to admire Jehoshaphat's piety in this instance.
Though he knew well the infamous...
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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 JEHOSHAPHAT SAID UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, INQUIRE, I PRAY THEE, AT
THE WORD OF THE LORD TODAY. Being a pious and religious prince, he did
not choose to go into a war at once, without consulting th...
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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at
the word of the LORD to day.
Ver. 5. _Inquire, I pray thee._] Ahab never thought of this, belike.
God was not in all his thought...
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_Jehoshaphat said, Inquire, I pray thee_, &c. By some prophet; that we
may know the mind of God in this matter, and what success we may
expect. A good man, wherever he goes, will take God along with h...
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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 Jehoshaphat, remembering at least some caution in time, SAID UNTO
THE KING OF ISRAEL, ENQUIRE, I PRAY THEE, AT THE WORD OF THE LORD
TODAY; he wanted to he sure that the undertaking was in agreemen...
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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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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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By some prophet; that we may know the mind of God in it, and what
success we may expect. This was the practice of the godly. See JUDGES
1:1, JUDGES 20:28 1 SAMUEL 23:2....
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1 Kings 22:5 Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 Israel
H3478 inquire H1875 (H8798) word H1697 LORD...
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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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_Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day._
APPEAL TO THE PROPHETS IN TIME OF CRISIS
It has been noted, that in ancient Grecian national affairs, when all
theories that are called practic...
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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 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:4;...