2 Chronicles 18:34

stayedhimself up inhis chariot 1 Kin. was stayed up. The expression in Chron. probably means that Ahab by his continued presence on the field stayed his army from retreat until sundown. Ahab sustained his reputation as a good soldier (cp. 1 Kings 20:14; 1 Kings 22:31) to the last; his death caused the failure of the attack on Ramoth (1 Kings 22:36).

of the sun going down R.V. of the going down of the sun.