Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 22:1-28
Yahweh’s plan to terminate Ahab 22:1-28Another significant battle occurred between the battle of Ramoth-gilead that the writer recorded in chapter 22 (853 B.C.) and the battles he recorded in chapter 20. Ahab and his Aramean ally Ben-Hadad II (860-841 B.C.) defeated their mutual foe King Shalmaneser III of Assyria at Qarqar on the Orontes River in Aram (also in 853 B.C.). [Note: William H. Shea, "A Note on the Date of the Battle of Qarqar," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 29 (1977):240-42.]... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 22:10
10. a void place—literally, "a threshing-floor," formed at the gate of Samaria. read more