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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

1 Kings 22:19

Verse 1 Kings 22:19. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne] This is a mere parable, and only tells in figurative language, what was in the womb of providence, the events which were shortly to take place, the agents employed in them, and the permission on the part of God for these agents to act. Micaiah did not choose to say before this angry and impious king, "Thy prophets are all liars; and the devil, the father of lies, dwells in them;" but he represents the whole by this parable, and says the same truths in language as forcible, but less offensive.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    David’s Psalms had familiarised the Israelites with Yahweh sitting upon a throne in the heavens (Psalms 9:7; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 45:6; P

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HEAVEN. the heavens, as always....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And he said_ After these words the LXX. adds οὐχ οὕτως οὐκ ἐγώ, -Not so, I do not." Here we can discern how the insertion was made. The next word in the Hebrew text is לכן = Therefore. This the trans...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 355 SATAN’S STRATAGEM TO DECEIVE AHAB 1 Kings 22:19. And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON HIS THRONE, &C.— The following passage must be considered as a lively and affecting parable. The prophets who came to Ahab were not the LORD'S prophets, but _Ahab's._ They sp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. THE PROPHECY OF MICAIAH 22:13-28 TRANSLATION (13) Now the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah had said unto him, saying, Behold now the words of the prophets are unanimously good toward the k...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID, HEAR THOU THEREFORE THE WORD OF THE LORD: I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON HIS THRONE, AND ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN STANDING BY HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND ON HIS LEFT._ No JFB commentary on these...

  • 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

    I SAW THE LORD] For similar prophetic visions see Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1. THE HOST OF HEAVEN] i.e. angelic spirits (cp. Psalms 103:20) constituting the court of heaven in attendance upon its king....

  • 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 *...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (19-22) The symbolic vision of Micaiah, which naturally recalls the well-known description in Job 1:6 of the intercourse of Satan with the Lord Himself, is to be taken as a symbol, and nothing more. ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר לָכֵ֖ן שְׁמַ֣ע דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֑ה רָ

  • 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

    WHAT JEHOVAH SAITH… THAT WILL I SPEAK 1 Kings 22:13 Ramoth was one of the cities of refuge, situated across the Jordan. The false prophets spake as they knew would please the king and gain the popula...

  • 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 he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the (p) host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. (p) Meaning, his angels....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    He, Micheas, added, (Menochius) not fearing the king's displeasure, who seemed to regard his former denunciation as an effect of his ill-will. Hence he explains his vision more at large. God often con...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (17) And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. (18) And the k...

  • 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 HE SAITH, HEAR THOU THEREFORE THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... Since he had represented what he had said as proceeding from hatred to him, he would make it clear and plain that what he had said was the w...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. Ver. 19. _Hear thou therefor...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    1 Kin. 22:19. "And all the host of heaven standing by Him." Here we may observe that they under the Old Testament were sensible of a multitude of inhabitants in the heavenly world as well as now, sinc...

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

    _And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord_ Because thou givest credit to thy false prophets, and disbelievest my words, as if they were but the suggestions of my own fancy, and of hatred...

  • 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

    And he, Micaiah, SAID, HEAR THOU THEREFORE THE WORD OF THE LORD, an account of a second vision, which explained the attitude of the four hundred prophets: I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON HIS THRONE, AND ALL...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-28 The greatest kindness we can do to one that is going in a dangerous way, is, to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened criminal without excuse, and to give a useful lesson to others, Mic...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Because thou givest credit to thy false prophets, and distrustest my words, as if they were but the suggestions of my own fancy, and hatred of thy person, I will give thee a distinct and true account...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 22:19 said H559 (H8799) hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 saw H7200 (H8804) 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

    _I saw the Lord sitting on His throne._ COUNCIL IN HEAVEN We read elsewhere of “war in heaven.” The text suggests a different subject, apparently connected with it, namely, “council in heaven.” Micai...

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 18:18; Acts 7:55; Acts 7:56; Amos 7:16; Daniel 7:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He said — I will give thee a distinct and true account of the whole matter, in God's name and presence. I saw — By the eyes of my mind: for he could not see the Lord with bodily eyes. The Host — The a...

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