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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 22:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 1Ki 22:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And he said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], Wilt thou go [03212] with me to battle [04421] to Ramothgilead [07433] [01568]? And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], I am as thou [03644] art, my people [05971] as thy people [05971], my horses [05483] as thy horses [05483]. |
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King James |
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Ahab, well aware of the military strength of Syria, and feeling that he cannot now expect divine aid Kg1 20:42; Kg1 21:21, asks the aid of Jehoshaphat, whose military resources were very great Ch2 17:12-19. Jehoshaphat's answer is one of complete acquiescence, without reserve of any kind (compare Ch2 18:3). Jehoshaphat was afterward rebuked for thus consenting to "help the ungodly" Ch2 19:2. He probably acted not merely from complaisance, but from a belief that the interests of his own kingdom would be advanced by the step which he agreed to take. The power of Syria was at this time very menacing. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Wilt thou go with me - We find that there was a good understanding between Jehoshaphat and Ahab, which no doubt was the consequence of a matrimonial alliance between the son of the former, Jehoram, and the daughter of the latter, Athaliah; see Ch2 18:1; Kg2 8:18. This coalition did not please God, and Jehoshaphat is severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, Ch2 19:1-3. |
2 And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] the seer [02374] went out [03318] to meet [06440] him, and said [0559] to king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Shouldest thou help [05826] the ungodly [07563], and love [0157] them that hate [08130] the LORD [03068]? therefore [02063] is wrath [07110] upon thee from before [06440] the LORD [03068].
3 And Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063], Wilt thou go [03212] with me to Ramothgilead [07433] [01568]? And he answered [0559] him, I am as thou art, and my people [05971] as thy people [05971]; and we will be with thee in the war [04421].
12 And Jehoshaphat [03092] waxed [01980] great [01432] exceedingly [04605]; and he built [01129] in Judah [03063] castles [01003], and cities [05892] of store [04543].
13 And he had much [07227] business [04399] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063]: and the men [0582] of war [04421], mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], were in Jerusalem [03389].
14 And these are the numbers [06486] of them according to the house [01004] of their fathers [01]: Of Judah [03063], the captains [08269] of thousands [0505]; Adnah [05734] the chief [08269], and with him mighty men [01368] of valour [02428] three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505].
15 And next [03027] to him was Jehohanan [03076] the captain [08269], and with him two hundred [03967] and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505].
16 And next [03027] him was Amasiah [06007] the son [01121] of Zichri [02147], who willingly offered [05068] himself unto the LORD [03068]; and with him two hundred [03967] thousand [0505] mighty men [01368] of valour [02428].
17 And of Benjamin [01144]; Eliada [0450] a mighty man [01368] of valour [02428], and with him armed men [05401] with bow [07198] and shield [04043] two hundred [03967] thousand [0505].
18 And next [03027] him was Jehozabad [03075], and with him an hundred [03967] and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505] ready prepared [02502] for the war [06635].
19 These waited [08334] on the king [04428], beside those whom the king [04428] put [05414] in the fenced [04013] cities [05892] throughout all Judah [03063].
21 Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon thee, and will take away [01197] thy posterity [0310], and will cut off [03772] from Ahab [0256] him that pisseth [08366] against the wall [07023], and him that is shut up [06113] and left [05800] in Israel [03478],
42 And he said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Because thou hast let go [07971] out of thy hand [03027] a man [0376] whom I appointed to utter destruction [02764], therefore thy life [05315] shall go for his life [05315], and thy people [05971] for his people [05971].
1 And Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] returned [07725] to his house [01004] in peace [07965] to Jerusalem [03389].
2 And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] the seer [02374] went out [03318] to meet [06440] him, and said [0559] to king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Shouldest thou help [05826] the ungodly [07563], and love [0157] them that hate [08130] the LORD [03068]? therefore [02063] is wrath [07110] upon thee from before [06440] the LORD [03068].
3 Nevertheless [061] there are good [02896] things [01697] found [04672] in thee, in that thou hast taken away [01197] the groves [0842] out of the land [0776], and hast prepared [03559] thine heart [03824] to seek [01875] God [0430].
18 And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], as did [06213] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for the daughter [01323] of Ahab [0256] was his wife [0802]: and he did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].
1 Now Jehoshaphat [03092] had riches [06239] and honour [03519] in abundance [07230], and joined affinity [02859] with Ahab [0256].