Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Kings 22:35
Verse 35. The king was stayed up] He did not wish his misfortune should be known, lest his troops should be discouraged.
Verse 35. The king was stayed up] He did not wish his misfortune should be known, lest his troops should be discouraged.
THE BATTLE INCREASED - See the margin; i. e. the tide of battle rose higher. Compare Isaiah 8:7. THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT - The king’s wound made it impossible for him to remain standing...
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...
WAS STAYED UP. stayed himself up, as in 2 Chronicles 18:34. Difference caused by pointing of the word _ma'amid_ (here), and _ma'amid_ in Chronicles. The only occurrence of this participle, compare 2 C...
_the king was stayed up in his chariot_ Some attempt was doubtless made to stop the bleeding, and it was thought best that though not in the fight, Ahab should not withdraw from the field. The LXX. sa...
C. THE DEATH OF AHAB 22:29-38 TRANSLATION (29) And the king of Israel went up along with Jehoshaphat to Ramoth-gilead. (30) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and e...
_AND THE BATTLE INCREASED THAT DAY: AND THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT AGAINST THE SYRIANS, AND DIED AT EVEN: AND THE BLOOD RAN OUT OF THE WOUND INTO THE MIDST OF THE CHARIOT._ No JFB commenta...
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 *...
THE KING WAS STAYED UP... — Ahab’s repentance, imperfect as it was, has at least availed to secure him a warrior’s death, before “the evil came” on his house and on Israel. Evidently he conceals the d...
וַ תַּעֲלֶ֤ה הַ מִּלְחָמָה֙ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום...
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...
THE BOW AT A VENTURE EXECUTES GOD'S SENTENCE 1 Kings 22:29 The cup of Ahab's sins was full, and the arrow at a venture executed divine retribution. Had Micaiah not spoken, men would have attributed t...
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 the battle increased that day: and the (y) king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. (y) That is,...
_Evening. Achab had only retired to the hinder ranks, while Josaphat, by his valour, maintained the day, till the death of the former put an end to the war._...
(35) And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. (36) And ther...
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...
AND THE BATTLE INCREASED THAT DAY,.... It went on, and did not stop upon Ahab's going out of the host, but was very hot, and both sides fought furiously: AND THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT AGA...
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. Ver. 35. _And the...
_The battle increased that day_ There was a sharp fight after this; insomuch that the king, for fear his soldiers should give way, would return into the field, notwithstanding his wounds, and be suppo...
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 the battle increased that day, it was waged with great bitterness on both sides. AND THE KING WAS STAYED UP IN HIS CHARIOT AGAINST THE SYRIANS, unable to reach a place of shelter on account of the...
THE DEATH OF AHAB...
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...
INCREASED: _ Heb._ ascended MIDST: _ Heb._ bosom...
29-40 Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who...
THE BATTLE INCREASED, i.e. grew hot and violent. WAS STAYED UP; was supported by cordials, or by his servants, that by his presence he might encourage his soldiers to fight more courageously, and that...
1 Kings 22:35 battle H4421 increased H5927 (H8799) day H3117 king H4428 up H5975 (H8716) chariot H4818 facing...
THE DEATH OF AHAB AND YHWH'S ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HIS BLOOD (1 KINGS 22:35). To his credit Ahab recognised that his absence from the battlefield would be a blow to his army's morale, and h...
THE BATTLE FOR RAMOTH-GILEAD AND THE DEATH OF AHAB (1 KINGS 22:30) The prophetic author is not really interested in the details of the battle. His concern is with the failure of the subterfuge which s...
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...
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 22:35 PROPPED UP IN HIS CHARIOT. The king stays on the battlefield all day, presumably to encourage his troops. At sunset he dies....
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...
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 20:42; 1 Kings 22:28...