Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 22:33
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him, for their orders were to take or kill Ahab.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him, for their orders were to take or kill Ahab.
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 ...
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...
_when the captains … perceived that it_was _not the king of Israel_ From this it is plain that the pursuers gathered, by the cry, knowledge that it was Jehoshaphat. A cry of supplication would have be...
C. THE DEATH OF AHAB 22:29-38 TRANSLATION (29) And the king of Israel went up along with Jehoshaphat to Ramoth-gilead. (30) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and e...
_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 JF...
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....
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 *...
וַ יְהִ֗י כִּ רְאֹות֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָ רֶ֔כֶב
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...
THE BOW AT A VENTURE EXECUTES GOD'S SENTENCE 1 Kings 22:29 The cup of Ahab's sins was full, and the arrow at a venture executed divine retribution. Had Micaiah not spoken, men would have attributed t...
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...
(30) 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. (31...
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...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE CAPTAINS OF THE CHARIOTS PERCEIVED THAT IT WAS NOT THE KING OF ISRAEL,.... Against whom only their orders were to fight: THAT THEY TURNED BACK FROM PURSUING HIM; for upo...
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it [was] not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. Ver. 33. _They turned back from pursuing him._] By a sw...
_When the captains saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Surely,_ &c. They saw no other but him in a royal habit, and hence concluded he must be the king of Israel, whom they believed to be present in the battl...
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...
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...
29-40 Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who...
WHEN THE CAPTAINS PERCEIVED THAT IT WAS NOT THE KING OF ISRAEL; which they easily perceived, either by the words uttered to God or them, or by the difference of his shape and countenance from that of...
1 Kings 22:33 captains H8269 chariots H7393 saw H7200 (H8800) king H4428 Israel H3478 back H7725 (H8799) pursuing
THE BATTLE FOR RAMOTH-GILEAD AND THE DEATH OF AHAB (1 KINGS 22:30) The prophetic author is not really interested in the details of the battle. His concern is with the failure of the subterfuge which s...
THE FAILURE OF THE SUBTERFUGE TO PREVENT THE FULFILMENT OF MICAIAH'S PROPHECY (1 KINGS 22:30). With what Micaiah had prophesied in mind Ahab was determined to demonstrate that he was wrong. Both he an...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:32 JEHOSHAPHAT CRIED OUT. AND WHEN THE CAPTAINS... SAW THAT IT WAS NOT THE KING OF ISRAEL. Although only Jehoshaphat wears royal robes, he is saved from death because his sh...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 22:32. THEY TURNED ASIDE TO FIGHT AGAINST HIM—יּסָרֻו—they turned to him. _Sept._ has εκύκλωσαν, _surrounded_ him. 1 Kings 22:34.—DREW A BOW AT A VENTURE—_Lit...
EXPOSITION THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH....
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...
1 Kings 22:31; Psalms 76:10...