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A SPIRIT - “The spirit “ - which some explain as “the evil
spirit” - i. e. Satan; others as simply “the spirit” who should
“persuade.”...
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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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A SPIRIT. the spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
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_And there came forth a spirit_ The Hebrew has - _the_spirit" as is
noted on the margin of the R.V. It seems therefore to imply some
definite power which imparted to prophets their gifts; the propheti...
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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...
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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...
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THERE CAME FORTH A SPIRIT— That evil being, named Satan, was little
known to the Jewish people till their captivity; and then this history
was taught openly as a security against the doctrine of the _...
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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...
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_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...
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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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THERE CAME FORTH A SPIRIT] In several passages in the OT. infatuation
is ascribed to the influence of an evil spirit from the Lord (see
Judges 9:23; 1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 19:9), though the personal...
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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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A SPIRIT. — It should be _the spirit._ The definite article is
explained by some, perhaps rather weakly, as simply anticipatory of
the description which follows. Others take the phrase to signify
“the...
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(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. ...
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וַ יֵּצֵ֣א הָ ר֗וּחַ וַֽ יַּעֲמֹד֙ לִ
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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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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...
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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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(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...
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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 THERE CAME FORTH A SPIRIT,.... Not from the heavenly host on the
right hand or the left, for they are pure and holy spirits, and
impeccable, and cannot lie or deceive; but the evil spirit, Satan,...
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And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I
will persuade him.
Ver. 21. _And there came forth a spirit._] An evil spirit, haply, from
the left hand of God's throne.
_ I wil...
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_The Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab_, &c. This is not to be
understood grossly, as if God were at a loss to find out an expedient
to accomplish his own designs; nor is it to be supposed that there...
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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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And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, evidently the
spirit of prophecy represented as a person, AND SAID, I WILL PERSUADE
HIM....
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THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...
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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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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...
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An evil spirit came out of the knot or company of them, standing
possibly on the left hand, and presented himself before the throne, as
having something to say to the Lord....
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1 Kings 22:21 spirit H7307 forward H3318 (H8799) stood H5975 (H8799)
before H6440 LORD H3068 said H559 ...
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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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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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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 22:21 A SPIRIT CAME FORWARD. The imagery is
that of a council of war, with the heavenly king sitting on his throne
surrounded by his army, making plans to defeat Ahab in battle...
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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 22:23; Job 1:6; Job 1:7; Job 2:1...
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A spirit — An evil spirit came, and presented himself before the
throne....