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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 22:29-40

The matter in contest between God's prophet and Ahab's prophets is here soon determined, and it is made to appear which was in the right. Here, I. The two kings march with their forces to Ramoth-Gilead, 1 Kgs. 22:29. That the king of Israel, who hated God's prophet, should so far disbelieve his admonition as to persist in his resolution, notwithstanding, is not strange; but that Jehoshaphat, that pious prince, who had desired to enquire by a prophet of the Lord, as disrelishing and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:36

And there went a proclamation throughout the host, about the going down of the sun ,.... Much about the time that Ahab died; and this proclamation by an herald might be made by his order, as he was dying, or by Jehoshaphat, when he understood he was dead: saying, every man to his city, and every man to his own country ; the order was to cease fighting, and make the best of their way as fast as they could to their own homes, since their shepherd and master was dead, which fulfilled the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:37

So the king died, and they brought him to Samaria ,.... In the chariot he died in: and they buried the king in Samaria ; where his father Omri was buried, 1 Kings 16:28 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:38

And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria ,.... After the body was taken out, very likely the chariot driver, who drove it into the pool, and plunged it into it, as the word signifies, to cleanse it from the blood of his master: and the dogs licked up his blood ; mixed with the water of the pool; the Septuagint adds, "the swine", which is not probable, such creatures not being bred in the land of Israel: and they washed his armour ; his coat of mail, through the joints of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:39

Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made ,.... Which, being a very curious and extraordinary thing, is particularly mentioned; though perhaps it might not be made wholly of ivory, but inlaid with it; we read of ivory houses in Amos 3:15 , and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? in which the acts of his predecessors were recorded, see 1 Kings 14:19 not the Scripture... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:40

So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead, Of whom more is said in the latter part of this chapter, and in the following book. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 22:36

Every man to his city - It appears that the Israelites and Jews maintained the fight the whole of the day; but when at evening the king died, and this was known, there was a proclamation made, probably with the consent of both Syrians and Israelites, that the war was over. Ahab being dead, his subjects did not choose to contend for Ramoth-gilead; so the Israelites went to their own cities, and the Syrians to their own country. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 22:38

The dogs licked up his blood - Some of the rabbins think that this was in the very place where Naboth was stoned; see on 1 Kings 21:19 ; (note). The Septuagint translates this verse strangely: "And the swine and the dogs licked his blood, and the whores bathed themselves in his blood, according to the word of the Lord." It is certain that the Hebrew words, רחצו הזנות hazzonoth rachatsu , "washed his armor," might be translated as the Septuagint have done; "and the whores (or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 22:39

Ivory house - A royal palace which he built in Samaria, decorated with ivory, and hence called the ivory house. Amos the prophet speaks against this luxury, Amos 3:15 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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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