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CHAPTER XXII
_Jehoshaphat King of Judah, and Ahab King of Israel, unite_
_against the Syrians, in order to recover Ramoth-gilead_, 1-4.
_They inquire of false prophets, who promise them success._...
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THREE YEARS - These must be counted from the close of the second
campaign of Ben-hadad 1 Kings 20:34. They were not full years, as is
evident from the next verse. Probably the first year is that of
Be...
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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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THREE YEARS. Probably reckoned from the peace of 1 Kings 20:34. During
this time Jehoshaphat "strengthened himself against Israel" (2
Chronicles 17:1): not mentioned here because _esoteric._ See book...
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1 Kings 22:1-12. Ahab resolves to recover Ramoth-gilead. Jehoshaphat
joins him. Ahab's prophets promise him victory (2 Chronicles 18:1-11)
1. _they continued three years without war_ This probably mea...
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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...
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_AND THEY CONTINUED THREE YEARS WITHOUT WAR BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL._
They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. The
disastrous defeat of Ben-hadad had exhausted the resources...
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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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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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THREE YEARS WITHOUT WAR. — The period is clearly reckoned from the
rash peace made by Ahab with Ben-hadad in 1 Kings 20:34. Evidently the
king of Syria has recovered his independence, if not superiori...
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וַ יֵּשְׁב֖וּ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים אֵ֚ין
מִלְחָמָ֔ה...
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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 they continued (a) three years without war between Syria and
Israel.
(a) Ben-hadad the king of Syria, and Ahab made a peace which endured
three years....
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_Israel, from the time when Benadad and Achab had made a league, chap.
xx. 34._...
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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 THEY CONTINUED THREE YEARS WITHOUT WAR BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL.
From the time that Benhadad made a covenant with Ahab; not three full
years, but part of them: it was threatened by Elijah from the...
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And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Ver. 1. _And they continued three years._] No longer. Reconciliations
are but fox-like friendships, and covenants with enemies hol...
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_They continued three years_ That is, three years were spent; _without
war between Syria and Israel_ Computed from the last war and league
wherewith it was concluded. Both Ahab and Ben-hadad were so w...
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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 they continued three years, literally, "they rested," they
undertook no further campaigns, WITHOUT WAR BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL;
so long the false friendship lasted....
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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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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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1 KINGS CHAPTER 22 Ahab, intending war against the Syrians, is advised
by Jehoshaphat first to ask counsel of God: Ahab's prophets advise him
to it, especially Zedekiah, 1 KINGS 22:1, Micaiah, a proph...
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1 Kings 22:1 three H7969 years H8141 passed H3427 (H8799) war H4421
Syria H758 Israel H3478...
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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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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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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 20:34...