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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Kings 22:5

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 should consent in word and put off the inquiry in act, he asks to have the prophets called in at once: “today.”

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See also 1 Kings 22:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:5 day (a-14) Or 'first....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 *...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹושָׁפָ֖ט אֶל ־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 22:5 Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 Israel H3478 inquire H1875 (H8798) word H1697 LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Enquire — A good man, wherever he goes, will take God along with him, will acknowledge him in all his ways, and look to him for success. And wherever he goes, he ought to take his religion along with...

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