Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 22:1-28
THE DEATH OF AHABCRITICAL 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): Jehoshaphat came to Israel for the marriage of his son Jehoram to Ahab’s daughter, Athaliah (see 2 Kings 8:18). Ahab entertained with sumptuous hospitality Jehoshaphat and his immense retinue, composed largely of military officers; and then seized the occasion for forming an alliance with the king of Judah... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 22:5
By some prophet; that we may know the mind of God in it, and what success we may expect. This was the practice of the godly. See Judges 1:1; Judges 20:28; 1 Samuel 23:2. read more