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SAT EACH ON HIS THRONE - Or, “were sitting.” They had removed from
the banquet 2 Chronicles 18:2 to the void place, or empty space at the
entrance of the gate Ruth 4:1; 2 Samuel 15:2, where Ahab daily...
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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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VOID PLACE. level place, or threshing-floor....
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_And_[R.V. NOW] _the king of Israel_ The change is justified, as the
sentence is not a mere addition to what has gone before but a new
feature in the history.
_having put on their robes_ R.V. ARRAYED...
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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...
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_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL AND JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH SAT EACH ON
HIS THRONE, HAVING PUT ON THEIR ROBES, IN A VOID PLACE IN THE ENTRANCE
OF THE GATE OF SAMARIA; AND ALL THE PROPHETS PROPHESIED BEF...
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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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IN THE ENTRANCE OF THE GATE] the usual place for popular assemblages
(cp. 2 Samuel 19:8) and the dispensing of justice (2 Samuel 15:2)....
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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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EACH ON HIS THRONE. — The description evidently implies that, having
reluctantly consented to send for Micaiah, Ahab seeks to overawe him
by display not only of royal pomp, but of prophetic inspiratio...
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וּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וִֽ
יהֹושָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ...
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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 the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on
his throne, having put on their (k) robes, in a void place in the
entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied...
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_Court, or barn floor. They were in or near cities, that they might be
so protected from the incursions of enemies, who strove to set the
corn on fire, 1 Kings xxiii. 1., and Judges xv. 5._...
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(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...
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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 THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, SAT EACH ON
HIS THRONE,.... In great state and majesty:
HAVING PUT ON THEIR ROBES; their royal robes, which they wore when
they appeared in...
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And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on
his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance
of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied befo...
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_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...
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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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THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...
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And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, sat each on
his throne, having put on their robes, clothed in all their royal
finery, as was proper for such a solemn assembly, IN A VOID PLA...
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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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VOID:
_ Heb._ floor...
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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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THEIR ROBES; their royal robes, and ensigns of majesty. IN A VOID
PLACE; in the place of judicature, which was in or nigh the gate of
the city, and in the front of some void place, where either people...
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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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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:10 The harvesting of cereal crops in
Israel was followed by a threshing and winnowing process. Threshed
material was thrown into the air with a fork or a shovel to allow the...
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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 Kings 18:29; 1 Kings 22:30; 2 Chronicles 18:9; Acts 12:21; Ac