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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 22:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 1Ki 22:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Know [03045] ye that Ramoth [07433] in Gilead [01568] is ours, and we be still [02814], and take [03947] it not out of the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758]? |
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King James |
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours--a Levitical and free town on the north border of Gad (Deu 4:43; Jos 21:38), on the site of the present Salt Lake, in the province of Belka. It lay within the territories of the Israelitish monarch, and was unjustly alienated; but whether it was one of the cities usurped by the first Ben-hadad, which his son had promised to restore, or was retained for some other reasons, the sacred historian has not mentioned. In the expedition which Ahab meditated for the recovery of this town, the aid of Jehoshaphat was asked and promised (see Ch2 18:3). Previous to declaring hostilities, it was customary to consult the prophets (see on Sa1 28:8); and Jehoshaphat having expressed a strong desire to know the Lord's will concerning this war, Ahab assembled four hundred of his prophets. These could not be either the prophets of Baal or of Ashteroth (Kg1 18:19), but seem (Kg1 22:12) to have been false prophets, who conformed to the symbolic calf-worship of Jehovah. Being the creatures of Ahab, they unanimously predicted a prosperous issue to the war. But dissatisfied with them, Jehoshaphat inquired if there was any true prophet of the Lord. Ahab agreed, with great reluctance, to allow Micaiah to be summoned. He was the only true prophet then to be found residing in Samaria, and he had to be brought out of prison (Kg1 22:26), into which, according to JOSEPHUS, he had been cast on account of his rebuke to Ahab for sparing the king of Syria. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| By the terms of Ahab's covenant with Ben-hadad, Ramoth in Gilead ought, long ere this, to have been restored Kg1 20:34. Hence, the claim "is ours," i. e., "it belongs to us of right though the Syrians still hold possession of it." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Is ours - Belongeth to us by right. both by God's donation, and by our last agreement with Ben - hadad, Kg1 20:34, which yet he refuseth to deliver up. |
26 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Take [03947] Micaiah [04321], and carry him back [07725] unto Amon [0526] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], and to Joash [03101] the king's [04428] son [01121];
12 And all the prophets [05030] prophesied [05012] so, saying [0559], Go up [05927] to Ramothgilead [07433] [01568], and prosper [06743]: for the LORD [03068] shall deliver [05414] it into the king's [04428] hand [03027].
19 Now therefore send [07971], and gather [06908] to me all Israel [03478] unto mount [02022] Carmel [03760], and the prophets [05030] of Baal [01168] four [0702] hundred [03967] and fifty [02572], and the prophets [05030] of the groves [0842] four [0702] hundred [03967], which eat [0398] at Jezebel's [0348] table [07979].
8 And Saul [07586] disguised [02664] himself, and put on [03847] other [0312] raiment [0899], and he went [03212], and two [08147] men [0582] with him, and they came [0935] to the woman [0802] by night [03915]: and he said [0559], I pray thee, divine [07080] unto me by the familiar spirit [0178], and bring me him up [05927], whom I shall name [0559] unto thee.
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].
38 And out of the tribe [04294] of Gad [01410], Ramoth [07433] in Gilead [01568] with her suburbs [04054], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Mahanaim [04266] with her suburbs [04054],
43 Namely, Bezer [01221] in the wilderness [04057], in the plain [04334] country [0776], of the Reubenites [07206]; and Ramoth [07216] in Gilead [01568], of the Gadites [01425]; and Golan [01474] in Bashan [01316], of the Manassites [04520].
34 And Benhadad said [0559] unto him, The cities [05892], which my father [01] took [03947] from thy father [01], I will restore [07725]; and thou shalt make [07760] streets [02351] for thee in Damascus [01834], as my father [01] made [07760] in Samaria [08111]. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away [07971] with this covenant [01285]. So he made [03772] a covenant [01285] with him, and sent him away [07971].
34 And Benhadad said [0559] unto him, The cities [05892], which my father [01] took [03947] from thy father [01], I will restore [07725]; and thou shalt make [07760] streets [02351] for thee in Damascus [01834], as my father [01] made [07760] in Samaria [08111]. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away [07971] with this covenant [01285]. So he made [03772] a covenant [01285] with him, and sent him away [07971].