Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 22:7
Besides these, who may seem to be such by your opinion, and their own profession; but I desire further satisfaction from some other prophet.
Besides these, who may seem to be such by your opinion, and their own profession; but I desire further satisfaction from some other prophet.
Jehoshaphat was dissatisfied. These men - creatures of Ahab, tainted with the worship of calves if not with Baal-worship - had promised victory, but not in the name of Yahweh. Jehoshaphat, therefore,...
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...
BESIDES. Jehoshaphat uneasy, well knowing that Ahab's prophets were not the prophets of Jehovah....
Is there _not here a prophet of the Lord besides_ The R.V. transposes _besides_, putting it after _here_. This brings out more clearly the reason for Jehoshaphat's inquiry. Besides what he has heard,...
B. THE PREDICTIONS OF THE COURT PROPHETS 22:6-12 TRANSLATION (6) And the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and he said unto them, Shall I go up against Ramoth-gil...
_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...
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....
A PROPHET OF THE LORD BESIDES] i.e. is there not another prophet of the Lord beside these, one who dissociated himself from the prophets alluded to in note on 1 Kings 22:6....
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 *...
IS THERE NOT HERE A PROPHET OF THE LORD. — The rendering of the great name “Jehovah” by “the Lord” obscures the sense of the passage. In the previous utterance of the prophets the word (_Adonai_) is m...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְהֹ֣ושָׁפָ֔ט הַ אֵ֨ין פֹּ֥ה נָב
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...
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...
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...
And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the (g) LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? (g) Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false prophets to be God's ministers, but contemned...
_Lord. Josaphat knew that these four hundred were addicted to idol worship, (Haydock) and suspected that they only flattered their king. (Josephus)_...
(7) And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? (8) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imla...
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...
_DIVINE ENLIGHTENMENT AND GUIDANCE NEEDED_ ‘Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I...
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 JEHOSHAPHAT SAID, IS THERE NOT HERE A PROPHET OF THE LORD BESIDES, THAT WE MIGHT INQUIRE OF HIM?] He suspected these to be false prophets, though he would not call them so; nor suggest that they w...
And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? Ver. 7. _Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides?_] Good Jehoshaphat suspecting these fo...
_Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides?_ Besides these who may seem to be such in your opinion, and by their own profession? He did not entirely reject these as no prophets of the Lord, thou...
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 Jehoshaphat, not at all satisfied with this farce, SAID, IS THERE NOT HERE A PROPHET OF THE LORD BESIDES, A TRUE AND GENUINE PROPHET OF JEHOVAH, THAT WE MIGHT ENQUIRE OF HIM?...
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYRIANS...
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...
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...
1 Kings 22:7 Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 (H8799) prophet H5030 LORD H3068 here H5750 inquire H1875 (H8799)...
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...
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...
1 Kings 22:6 As against Benhadad, Ahab was in the right when he sought to capture Ramoth-gilead. But he had also to reckon with God. Face to face with God, Ahab's real position at this period of his...
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 22:6 GATHERED THE PROPHETS TOGETHER. These prophets are not truly prophets of the LORD, as events will prove. They say whatever the king wants to hear. This is further implied...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 18:6; 2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Kings 3:11...