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): Jehoshaphat came to Israel for the marriage of his son Jehoram to Ahab’s daughter, Athaliah (see 2 Kings 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
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._, “in bis simplicity.” So 2 Samuel 15:11. 1 Kings 22:38. THEY WASHED HIS ARMOUR—A manifestly inco... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 22:41. HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH—Scant records of Judah occur in the Scriptures, but _Chronicles_ give them more fully. 1 Kings 22:46. THE SODOMITES … HE TOOK OUT OF THE LAND—_Lit._, extinguished from the land. 1 Kings 22:49. THEN SAID AH... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ancestry. The evil wrought by a wicked father may be counteracted by the influences of a pious mother,... [ Continue Reading ]