Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 22:52
Which clause seems here added, to show how little the authority and example of parents or ancestors is to be valued where it is opposed to the will and word of God.
Which clause seems here added, to show how little the authority and example of parents or ancestors is to be valued where it is opposed to the will and word of God.
IN THE WAY OF HIS MOTHER - In this phrase, which does not occur anywhere else, we see the strong feeling of the writer as to the influence of Jezebel (compare 1 Kings 16:31). Verses 1 Kings 22:51. It...
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 ...
_did evil_[R.V. DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL] As often before. _the way of his mother_ i.e. He tried to put down the worship of Jehovah altogether, as Jezebel had done. _who_[R.V. WHEREIN HE] _made Israe...
III. FAITHLESS AHAZIAH AND FEARLESS ELIJAH 1 Kings 22:52, 2 Kings 1:18 The last public, i.e., official, prophetic appearance of Elijah occurred during the brief reign of Ahaziah the son of Ahab. Afte...
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 *...
_[1 Kings 22:53]_ וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הָ רַ֖ע בְּ...
“BROKEN SHIPS” 1 Kings 22:41 Further details of Jehoshaphat's good reign are given in 2 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1;...
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...
Years, not complete; as the first is comprized in the reign of Achab, and the last in that of Joram, 4 Kings iii. 1. (Usher, the year of the world 3108.) --- Yet, his very short reign was memorable fo...
(51) Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. (52) And he did evil in the sight of the LORD,...
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...
Ver. 52 AND HE DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,.... Which evil was idolatry: AND WALKED IN THE WAY OF HIS FATHER; his father Ahab, who worshipped Baal: AND IN THE WAY OF HIS MOTHER; his mother Jez...
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: Ver. 52. _And walked...
_And reigned two years over Israel_ Not complete, as appears from 2 Kings 3:1; but part of two years; for he died before his second year was ended. _He walked in the way of his father_ Followed the wi...
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...
And. he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother, in extreme idolatry, AND IN THE WAY OF JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN,...
JEHOSHAPHAT IN JUDAH, AHAZIAH IN ISREAL...
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...
51-53 Ahaziah's reign was very short, not two years; some sinners God makes quick work with. A very bad character is given of him; he listened not to instruction, took no warning, but followed the ex...
1 Kings 22:52 did H6213 (H8799) evil H7451 sight H5869 LORD H3068 walked H3212 (H8799) way H1870 father...
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH KING OF ISRAEL C. 853-852 BC (1 KINGS 22:51 - 2 KINGS 1:18). Ahaziah, Ahab's son and king of Israel, only had a short reign of a few months (two part years) but he amply succeeded...
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...
_Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin._ JEROBOAM We have here-- I. A bad man. 1. He was low in origin. Son of one of Solomon’s servants, whom the king, finding industrious, made a rul...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:41 Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah. Both Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah have already appeared in 1 Kings 1:1 as characters in Ahab’s story. They are, respect
_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 22:51_ THE POWER OF EVIL TO PERPETUATE ITSELF I. THAT EVIL PERPETUATES ITSELF BY THE FORCE OF PARENTAL TRAINING AND EXAMPLE (1 Kings 22:52). Ahaziah was cursed with a wicked an...
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 12:28; 1 Kings 14:9; 1 Kings 15:26; 1 Kings 15:34;...
In the way — Which seems added, to shew, how little the example of parents, or ancestors, is to be valued where it is opposed to the will and word of God....