_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 of his country. But, that his hereditary enmity remained unsubdued, was manifest by his breach of fa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE THIRD YEAR, THAT JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH CAME DOWN TO THE KING OF ISRAEL._ Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. It was singular that a friendly league between the sovereigns of Israel and Judah should, for the first time, have been formed... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS, KNOW YE THAT RAMOTH IN GILEAD IS OURS, AND WE BE STILL, AND TAKE IT NOT OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF SYRIA?_ Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours - the site of the present Salt Lake, in the province of Belka. It lay within the territories of the Is... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT, WILT THOU GO WITH ME TO BATTLE TO RAMOTH-GILEAD? AND JEHOSHAPHAT SAID TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, I AM AS THOU ART, MY PEOPLE AS THY PEOPLE, MY HORSES AS THY HORSES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT, THERE IS YET ONE MAN, MICAIAH THE SON OF IMLAH, BY WHOM WE MAY INQUIRE OF THE LORD: BUT I HATE HIM; FOR HE DOTH NOT PROPHESY GOOD CONCERNING ME, BUT EVIL. AND JEHOSHAPHAT SAID, LET NOT THE KING SAY SO._ Micaiah the son of Imlah. He is not to be confoun... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE KING OF ISRAEL CALLED AN OFFICER, AND SAID, HASTEN HITHER MICAIAH THE SON OF IMLAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 BEFORE THEM._ A void place, х_ BªGOREN_ (H1637)] - a spacious level area; a threshing-floor, formed at... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF CHENAANAH MADE HIM HORNS OF IRON: AND HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, WITH THESE SHALT THOU PUSH THE SYRIANS, UNTIL THOU HAVE CONSUMED THEM._ Zedekiah ... made him horns of iron. Small projections, of the size and form of our candle extinguishers (worn in many parts of the Ea... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE PROPHETS PROPHESIED SO, SAYING, GO UP TO RAMOTH-GILEAD, AND PROSPER: FOR THE LORD SHALL DELIVER IT INTO THE KING'S HAND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICAIAH SAID, AS THE LORD LIVETH, WHAT THE LORD SAITH UNTO ME, THAT WILL I SPEAK._ What the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak. On the way, the messenger who conducted him to the royal presence, informed him of the tenor of the prophecies already given, and recommended him to agree with the... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HE CAME TO THE KING. AND THE KING SAID UNTO HIM, MICAIAH, SHALL WE GO AGAINST RAMOTH-GILEAD TO BATTLE, OR SHALL WE FORBEAR? AND HE ANSWERED HIM, GO, AND PROSPER: FOR THE LORD SHALL DELIVER IT INTO THE HAND OF_ _ THE KING._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT, DID I NOT TELL THEE THAT HE WOULD PROPHESY NO GOOD CONCERNING ME, BUT EVIL?_ Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? Since Ahab was disposed to trace this unwelcome truth to personal enmity, Micaiah proceeded, fearle... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF CHENAANAH WENT NEAR, AND SMOTE MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK, AND SAID, WHICH WAY WENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD FROM ME TO SPEAK UNTO THEE?_ Zedekiah ... smote Micaiah on the cheek. The insolence of this man, the leader of the false prophets, seems to have been provoked by jealousy at... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICAIAH SAID, BEHOLD, THOU SHALT SEE IN THAT DAY, WHEN THOU SHALT GO INTO AN INNER CHAMBER TO HIDE THYSELF._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID, TAKE MICAIAH, AND CARRY HIM BACK UNTO AMON THE GOVERNOR OF THE CITY, AND TO_ _ JOASH THE KING'S SON;_ Take Micaiah ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAY, THUS SAITH THE KING, PUT THIS FELLOW IN THE PRISON, AND FEED HIM WITH BREAD OF AFFLICTION AND WITH WATER OF AFFLICTION, UNTIL I COME IN PEACE._ Put this fellow in the prison. Ahab, under the impulse of vehement resentment, remands the prophet until his return. BREAD OF AFFLICTION ... WA... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICAIAH SAID, IF THOU RETURN AT ALL IN PEACE, THE LORD HATH NOT SPOKEN BY ME. AND HE SAID, HEARKEN, O PEOPLE, EVERY ONE OF YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE KING OF ISRAEL AND JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH WENT UP TO RAMOTH-GILEAD._ Went up to Hamoth-gilead. The king of Israel, hoping to evade the force of Micaiah's prophecy by a secret stratagem, used the greatest precaution against being discovered, by assuming the uniform of a subaltern, whi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT, I WILL DISGUISE MYSELF, AND ENTER INTO THE BATTLE; BUT PUT THOU ON THY ROBES. AND THE KING OF ISRAEL DISGUISED HIMSELF, AND WENT INTO THE BATTLE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A CERTAIN MAN DREW A BOW AT A VENTURE, AND SMOTE THE KING OF ISRAEL BETWEEN THE JOINTS OF THE HARNESS: WHEREFORE HE SAID UNTO THE DRIVER OF HIS CHARIOT, TURN THINE HAND, AND CARRY ME OUT OF THE HOST; FOR I AM WOUNDED._ And a certain man drew a bow at a venture. There is no evidence that this a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE BATTLE INCREASED THAT DAY: AND THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT AGAINST THE SYRIANS, AND DIED AT EVEN: AND THE BLOOD RAN OUT OF THE WOUND INTO THE MIDST OF THE CHARIOT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF AHAB, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND THE IVORY HOUSE WHICH HE MADE, AND ALL THE CITIES THAT HE BUILT, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL?_ The rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made. Ivory came i... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO AHAB SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS; AND AHAZIAH HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEHOSHAPHAT WAS THIRTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN; AND HE REIGNED TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS AZUBAH THE DAUGHTER OF SHILHI._ Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, х_ YªHOWSHAAPAAT_ (H3092), whom Yahweh judgeth] - (see th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WALKED IN ALL THE WAYS OF ASA HIS FATHER; HE TURNED NOT ASIDE FROM IT, DOING THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD: NEVERTHELESS THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY; FOR THE PEOPLE OFFERED AND BURNT INCENSE YET IN THE HIGH PLACES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEHOSHAPHAT MADE SHIPS OF THARSHISH TO GO TO OPHIR FOR GOLD: BUT THEY WENT NOT; FOR THE SHIPS WERE BROKEN AT EZIONGEBER._ Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish, х_ `AASAAH_ (H6213) _ 'ªNIYOWT_ (H591)] - Jehoshaphat had ten ships. [The Septuagint, Vatican, omits 1 Kings 22:47; Alexandrine, from which... [ Continue Reading ]