1 Kings 22:4-9 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 22:9

The king of Israel called an officer - סריס saris , literally a eunuch; probably a foreigner, for it was not lawful to disgrace an Israelite by reducing him to such a state. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:1-8

Bad Company. According to the order of the chapters in the LXX ; which is probably the original or true order, 1 Kings 20:1-43 . should immediately precede this. Then, after the history of the war between Ahab and Ben-hadad, this chapter opens naturally: "And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel." In the third year of this peace Jehoshaphat visited Ahab; and from this visit arose serious events, which are admonitory to us that we should avoid the company of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:1-28

Crime brings its own punishment. I. THE WICKED RUSH UPON DESTRUCTION . 1 . Ahab provokes the war in which he himself will perish . The peace which had lasted so long might have continued. Every day it was prolonged was a day placed between him and death; and yet with his own hand he brings to an end the period of grace. How often are the calamities of the wicked invoked by themselves, and are the fruit of their own rashness! 2 . It came as the prompting of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:1-40

The Death of Ahab and the Defeat of Israel. This chapter is almost entirely occupied with an account of the death of Ahab, and of the circumstances which preceded and attended it. The earlier portion of the chapter, which contains the prophesyings of the false prophets and the vision of Micaiah, is only recorded because of its bearing on the death of the king, and the dispersion of his army. And the prominence accorded to Ahab's end only corresponds with the space assigned to his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:4

And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead? [It is probable this question was asked with some misgivings. Such an alliance was altogether new, and Ahab might well wonder how the idea would strike a pious prince like Jehoshaphat. That the latter ought to have refused his help, we know from 2 Chronicles 19:2 .] And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art [Heb. as I as thou ] , my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:5

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at [This word is redundant] the word of the Lord today . [ כַּיוֹם hardly conveys that "he asks to have the prophets called in at once," "lest Ahab should consent in word and put off the inquiry in act" (Rawlinson); but rather means, "at this crisis," "under these circumstances." This request agrees well with what we learn elsewhere as to Jehoshaphat's piety ( 2 Chronicles 17:4-9 ; 2 Chronicles 19:5-7 , etc.)... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets [Called by Micaiah "his prophets" ( 1 Kings 22:22 ), and "thy prophets" ( 1 Kings 22:23 )] together, about four hundred men [From the number (cf. 1 Kings 18:19 ) it has been concluded that these were "the prophets of the groves," i.e; of Astarte, who escaped the massacre of the Baal prophets ( 1 Kings 18:40 ). Others have supposed that they were prophets of Baal. But both these suppositions are negatived And yet that they were not... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:7

And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord [Heb. Jehovah ] besides [ i.e; in addition to these soi-disant prophets. He hardly likes to say bluntly that he cannot regard them as inspired, but at the same time hints clearly that he cannot be satisfied as to their mission and authority], that we might inquire of him? read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man [Cf. 1 Kings 18:22 ], Micaiah [The name ( = Who is like Jehovah?) is as appropriate to the man who bore it as Elijah's name was to him ( 1 Kings 17:1 ; cf. 1 Kings 18:39 ). But it is not an uncommon name in the Old Testament—it is borne by eight different persons. Compare Michael, "Who is like God?"] the son of Imlah [The chronicler writes the name Imla , יִמְלָא ], by whom we may inquire of the Lord [Ahab... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:9

Then the king of Israel caned an officer [Heb. one eunuch . So the LXX ; εὐνοῦχον ἕνα . So that Samuel's forebodings have been realized Probably, like Ebed Melech, the Ethiopian ( Jeremiah 38:7 ), he was a foreigner; possibly a prisoner of war (Herod. 3:49; 6:32). Deuteronomy 23:1 suggests that even such a king as Ahab would hardly inflict this humiliation upon an Israelite. From 1 Chronicles 28:1 , Hebrews, we gather that even David's court had its eunuchs, and we... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 22:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:1-8

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 22:9

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