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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 22:3

以色列王對他的臣僕說:“你們知道嗎?基列的拉末原屬於我們,我們怎可靜坐不動,不把它從亞蘭王的手中奪回來呢?”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ahab;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Gilead;   Jehoshaphat;   Manasseh, tribe of;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Gilead;   Omri;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Transjordan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   Refuge, Cities of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gilead ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cities of refuge;   Judah the kingdom of;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cities of Refuge,;   Mica'iah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ramoth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahab;   Alliance;   Bashan;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Still;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 色 列 王 对 臣 仆 说 : 你 们 不 知 道 基 列 的 拉 末 是 属 我 们 的 麽 ? 我 们 岂 可 静 坐 不 动 , 不 从 亚 兰 王 手 里 夺 回 来 麽 ?

Contextual Overview

1 For three years there was peace between Israel and Aram. 2 During the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to visit Ahab king of Israel. 3 At that time Ahab asked his officers, "Do you remember that the king of Aram took Ramoth in Gilead from us? Why have we done nothing to get it back?" 4 So Ahab asked King Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth in Gilead?" "I will go with you," Jehoshaphat answered. "My soldiers are yours, and my horses are yours." 5 Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, "But first we should ask if this is the Lord 's will." 6 Ahab called about four hundred prophets together and asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?" They answered, "Go, because the Lord will hand them over to you." 7 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there a prophet of the Lord here? Let's ask him what we should do." 8 Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." Jehoshaphat said, "King Ahab, you shouldn't say that!" 9 So Ahab king of Israel told one of his officers to bring Micaiah to him at once. 10 Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah had on their royal robes and were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor, near the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were standing before them, speaking their messages.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ramoth: 1 Kings 4:13, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8

still: Heb. silent from taking it, Judges 16:2, 2 Samuel 19:10, *marg.

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:26 - Ramathmizpeh Joshua 21:38 - Ramoth 2 Kings 5:5 - and took 2 Kings 8:28 - Ramothgilead 2 Kings 9:14 - kept Ramothgilead 1 Chronicles 6:80 - Ramoth 2 Chronicles 22:5 - Ramothgilead Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire Jeremiah 25:3 - thirteenth

Cross-References

Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham gathered Ishmael, all the males born in his camp, and the slaves he had bought. So that day Abraham circumcised every man and boy in his camp as God had told him to do.
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 22:3
Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. After he cut the wood for the sacrifice, they went to the place God had told them to go.
Genesis 22:4
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham returned to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Psalms 119:60
I hurried and did not wait to obey your commands.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.
Matthew 10:37
"Those who love their father or mother more than they love me are not worthy to be my followers. Those who love their son or daughter more than they love me are not worthy to be my followers.
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

(And the king of Israel said unto his servants,.... His nobles, those of his privy council, his ministers of state; or "had said" n, some little time before Jehoshaphat came:

know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours a city of refuge beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, and so of course must belong to the kingdom of Israel, of which see Joshua 20:8

and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?) neither demand it, nor take any measures to oblige him to deliver it up; representing it as a great omission, and as a piece of negligence and slothfulness, or cowardice.

n ויאמר "et dixerat", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the terms of Ahab’s covenant with Ben-hadad, Ramoth in Gilead ought, long ere this, to have been restored 1 Kings 20:34. Hence, the claim “is ours,” i. e., “it belongs to us of right though the Syrians still hold possession of it.”


 
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