John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had the rule over his chariots ,.... This was the number of his kings in the first battle with Israel, and of his captains in the second, 1 Kings 20:1 , and the same number he had now, being very probably not only the number of his chariots, but the division of his army was into so many battalions, under the command of these captains of chariots: saying, fight neither with small nor great ; of those that belonged to... read more
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