2 Chronicles 18:2

killed sheep and oxen This phrase implies a feast, for flesh is eaten in the East only on festal occasions. The phrase used for supplying necessary food is to set bread and water before one.

thathe had with him R.V. that were with him.

and persuaded him R.V. and moved him. The meaning of both phrases is the same, for in old English to persuademeans to use persuasionwithout reference to the success of the action.

Ramoth-gilead Deuteronomy 4:43; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1; 2 Kings 9:14. Ramoth was a city of refuge and (under Solomon) the seat of the governor of a province. Probably it was the most important Israelite city east of Jordan. It has been identified but not beyond doubt with the modern es-Salṭ. Bädeker, p. 177.