Prophets... four hundred. — These were clearly not avowed prophets of Baal, or the Asherah (“groves”), as is obvious from the context and from their words in 1 Kings 22:12. But Jehoshaphat’s discontent makes it equally clear that they were not in his view true prophets of Jehovah. Probably they were devoted, like the old prophet of Bethel, to the service of the idolatry of Jeroboam.
Verse 1 Kings 22:6. _ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MEN_] These were probably the _prophets of Asherah_ or _Venus_, maintained by Jezebel, who were not present at the contention on Mount Carmel. See 1 Kings 18:19...
THE PROPHETS - i. e., In all probability the prophets attached to the worship of the calves; not real prophets of Yahweh. This seems evident both from Jehoshaphat’s dissatisfaction 1 Kings 22:7, and f...
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...
PROPHETS: i.e. Ahab's false prophets. FOR. and. THE LORD*. This is one of the 134 places where "Jehovah" was changed to "Adonai" by the _Sopherim_. See App-32....
_gathered the prophets together, about four hundred_ These cannot have been the prophets of Baal, for their ringleader, Zedekiah, in 1 Kings 22:11, begins his speech, -Thus saith Jehovah," and in 1 Ki...
THE PROPHETS TOGETHER, ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MEN— It is clear enough, from the 7th and 23rd verses, that these were idolatrous and false prophets; most probably the worshippers of Baal, and the tools of...
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....
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 *...
וַ יִּקְבֹּ֨ץ מֶֽלֶךְ ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֶֽת ־הַ נ
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...
Then the king of Israel gathered the (f) prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lor...
_Men, probably the prophets of the groves, who had not gone to Carmel, chap. xviii. 19, 22. (Calmet) --- The recent slaughter had not deterred others from imitating the example of the false prophets....
(6) Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lor...
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...
THEN THE KING OF ISRAEL GATHERED THE PROPHETS TOGETHER, ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MEN,.... False prophets, as the Targum and Arabic version; and they are called Ahab's prophets, and not the Lord's, 1 Kings 2...
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord sh...
_The king of Israel gathered the prophets together_ Doubtless his own false prophets, such as he had set up by rewards and promises, and who accordingly knew how to suit his humour, and flatter his va...
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 the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, not true prophets of Jehovah, but men who presumed upon the office for the sake of filthy gain, ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MEN, AND SAID UNTO THEM, SHAL...
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...
THE PROPHETS doubtless were his own false prophets, or the priests of Baal; probably those very four hundred men whom Jezebel preserved from that great slaughter, 1KI 18, who yet gave in their answer...
1 Kings 22:6 king H4428 Israel H3478 gathered H6908 prophets H5030 together H6908 (H8799) four H702 hundred H3967 men
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...
1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 22:15; 1 Kings 22:22; 1 Kings 22:23;...
The prophets — Doubtless his own false prophets, or the priests of the groves; who yet gave in their answer in the name of Jehovah; either, in compliance with Jehoshaphat, or by Ahab's direction, that...