Let my servants go with thy servants This appears to have been an attempt to engage Jehoshaphat in a second expedition. If there were two expeditions contemplated, one may have been to Ophir, and the other to Tarshish. This would account for what is noticed in the previous verse, that the Chronicler mentions Tarshish as the destination, while here Ophir is spoken of.
Verse 1 Kings 22:49. _BUT JEHOSHAPHAT WOULD NOT._] It appears from the above cited place in Chronicles that Jehoshaphat did join in making and sending ships to Tharshish, and it is possible that what...
2 Chronicles 20:35, explains that the two kings conjointly built the fleet with which the Ophir trade (1 Kings 9:28 note) was to be re-opened. Ahaziah had thus an interest in the ships; and when they...
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 ...
REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH AND AHAZIAH OF ISRAEL, These reigns are related in the usual annalistic style. 1 Kings 22:47, which says there was no king in Edom, is very obscure. It seems to imply t...
BUT JEHOSHAPHAT WOULD NOT— In the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 20:36. Jehoshaphat is blamed by the prophet for having joined himself with Ahaziah in building ships. Commentators endeavour by various m...
II. SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT 22:41-50 TRANSLATION (41) Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to rule over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (42) Jehoshaphat was thirty-five y...
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 22:50]_ אָ֠ז אָמַ֞ר אֲחַזְיָ֤הוּ בֶן ־אַחְאָב֙...
JEHOSHAPHAT 1 Kings 22:41 BEFORE we leave the House of David we must speak of Jehoshaphat, the last king of Judah whose reign is narrated in the First Book of Kings. He was abler, more powerful, and...
“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...
_Made. Hebrew incorrectly reads hasar, "ten," instead of hasa, "made;" (Calmet) which the Protestants follow, "made ships of Tharshish, to go to Ophir." (Haydock) See chap. iv. 26., and 28._...
(41) В¶ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (42) Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty...
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...
THEN SAID AHAZIAH THE SON OF AHAB UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT,.... Who very probably had built some more ships on his own, having broke off his partnership with Ahaziah: LET MY SERVANTS GO WITH THY SERVANTS IN...
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. Ver. 49. _But Jehoshaphat would not._] At first he would not, but aft...
_Jehoshaphat would not_ He had contracted an amity with this king, and engaged himself so far, as to permit him to join with him in this navy, 2 Chronicles 20:35. But, being chastised, and better inst...
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...
Then said Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not, he refused to make a second attempt, after the Lord had so plainly s...
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...
41-50 Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him....
OBJECT. It is said that he did join with Ahaziah herein, 2 CHRONICLES 20:35,36. ANSW. That was before this time, and before the ships were broken; for the breaking of the ships, mentioned here, 1 KING...
1 Kings 22:49 Ahaziah H274 son H1121 Ahab H256 said H559 (H8804) Jehoshaphat H3092 servants H5650 go H3212 ...
THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT, KING OF JUDAH C. 870-848 BC (1 KINGS 22:41). We have already come across Jehoshaphat with regard to his alliance with Ahab against the Aramaeans (1 Kings 22:1), although that...
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 22:41 Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah. Both Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah have already appeared in 1 Kings 1:1 as characters in Ahab’s story. They are, respect
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:49 JEHOSHAPHAT WAS NOT WILLING. The current peace between Israel and Judah (v. 1 Kings 22:44) is not strong. Whereas Solomon took Sidonians o
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...
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...
Would not — He did join with Ahaziah before this time, and before the ships were broken: for the breaking of the ships mentioned here, is noted to be the effect of his sin, in joining with Ahaziah, 2...