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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Kings 22:9

An officer - More properly, as in the margin, “a eunuch.” Eunuchs seem to have been first introduced among the Israelites by David (1 Chronicles 28:1 note). They were a natural accompaniment of the seraglio of Solomon. The present passage is the first which shows that, after the separation of the kingdom, the kings of Israel employed them (compare 2 Kings 8:6; 2 Kings 9:32).

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See also 1 Kings 22:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 22:9. _THE KING OF ISRAEL CALLED AN OFFICER_] סריס _saris_, literally _a eunuch_; probably a foreigner, for it was not lawful to disgrace an Israelite by reducing him to such a state....

  • 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

    _Hasten_hither] R.V. FETCH QUICKLY. This is the rendering in Chronicles, and enables us to dispense with italics....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. THE PREDICTIONS OF THE COURT PROPHETS 22:6-12 TRANSLATION (6) And the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and he said unto them, Shall I go up against Ramoth-gil...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN THE KING OF ISRAEL CALLED AN OFFICER, AND SAID, HASTEN HITHER MICAIAH THE SON OF IMLAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:9 chamberlain, (c-8) Or 'a eunuch.'...

  • 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....

  • 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 יִּקְרָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל ־סָרִ֖יס...

  • 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

    Then the king of Israel called an (i) officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah. (i) Read (Genesis 37:36)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Eunuch. Hebrew saris, denotes also "a servant;" or Achab might have purchased this stranger._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (9) Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. (10) And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on the...

  • 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

    THEN THE KING OF ISRAEL CALLED AN OFFICER,.... An eunuch, as the word is sometimes used, one of pages: AND SAID, HASTEN HITHER MICAIAH THE SON OF IMLAH; who, as it seems from 1 Kings 22:26 was in pr...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah. Ver. 9. _Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah._] This was not Micah, one of the small prophets, as we...

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

    _Hasten hither Micaiah_ It seems he had imprisoned him; for, 1 Kings 22:26, he bids the officer _carry him back_, namely, to the place where he was before. Probably this was he that had reproved him f...

  • 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

    Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, Hasten hither Micaiah, the son of Imlah; he conceded this point for the sake of his scheme....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    OFFICER: Or, eunuch...

  • 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

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 22:9 king H4428 Israel H3478 called H7121 (H8799) an H259 officer H5631 said H559 (H8799) Micaiah...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _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 Kings 22:26; 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Kings 9:32;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Micaiah — It seems, he had imprisoned him; for 1 Kings 22:26, he bids the officer carry him back, namely to the place where he was before. Probably this was he that had reproved him, for letting Ben —...

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