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1 Kings 22:1

For the next two years there was peace between Israel and Aram.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Bozkath;   False Prophet;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Oracles;   Spirit;   Theocracy;   Zedekiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'jah;   Mica'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Gilead (1);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There was a lull of three years without war between Aram and Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
They continued three years without war between Aram and Yisra'el.
King James Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
English Standard Version
For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.
New Century Version
For three years there was peace between Israel and Aram.
New English Translation
There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years.
Amplified Bible
Aram (Syria) and Israel continued without war for three years.
New American Standard Bible
Now three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they continued three yeere without warre betweene Aram and Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they lived for three years without war between Aram and Israel.
Contemporary English Version
For the next three years there was peace between Israel and Syria.
Complete Jewish Bible
For three years there was no war between Aram and Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
AND three years passed without war Between Aram and Israel.
Good News Translation
There was peace between Israel and Syria for the next two years,
Lexham English Bible
They lived three years, and there was no war between Aram and Israel.
Literal Translation
And they continued three years; there was no war between Syria and Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there passed ouer thre yeares, that there was no warre betwene the Sirians & Israel.
American Standard Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they cotinued three yeres without warre betweene Syria & Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they continued three years without war between Aram and Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And they continued three yeeres without warre betweene Syria and Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.
English Revised Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thre yeeris passiden with out batel bitwixe Sirie and Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,
Update Bible Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
World English Bible
They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
New King James Version
2 Chronicles 18:1-27">[xr] Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
New Living Translation
For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
New Life Bible
Three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
New Revised Standard
For three years Aram and Israel continued without war.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Revised Standard Version
For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.
THE MESSAGE
They enjoyed three years of peace—no fighting between Aram and Israel. In the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah had a meeting with the king of Israel. Israel's king remarked to his aides, "Do you realize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we're sitting around on our hands instead of taking it back from the king of Aram?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 For the next two years there was peace between Israel and Aram. 2 Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel. 3 Ahab asked his officials, "Remember when the king of Aram took Ramoth Gilead from us? That city is ours, so why have we done nothing to get it back?" 4 So Ahab asked King Jehoshaphat, "Will you join with us to go fight the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat answered, "Yes, you and I will be as one—my men and my horses will be as yours. 5 But first let's ask the Lord for advice." 6 So Ahab called a meeting of the prophets. There were about 400 prophets at that time. Ahab asked the prophets, "Should I go and attack the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead or not?" The prophets answered Ahab, "Yes, because the Lord will let you defeat Ramoth Gilead." 7 But Jehoshaphat said, "Doesn't the Lord have another prophet here? Let's ask him the same question." 8 King Ahab answered, "Yes, there is another prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he will not say anything good about me when he speaks for the Lord . He always says things that I don't like." Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say that!" 9 So King Ahab told one of his officers to go and find Micaiah. 10 At that time the two kings were sitting on their thrones, with their royal robes on, at the judgment place near the gates of Samaria. All the prophets were standing before them, prophesying.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3104-3107, bc 900-897, 1 Kings 20:34

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:2 - in the third

Cross-References

Genesis 22:7
Isaac said to his father Abraham, "Father!" Abraham answered, "Yes, son?" Isaac said, "I see the wood and the fire. But where is the lamb we will burn as a sacrifice?"
Genesis 22:11
But the angel of the Lord stopped him. The angel called from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" Abraham answered, "Yes?"
Genesis 22:12
The angel said, "Don't kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you do respect and obey God. I see that you are ready to kill your son, your only son, for me."
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham gave that place a name, "The Lord Provides." Even today people say, "On the mountain of the Lord , he will give us what we need."
Exodus 3:4
The Lord saw Moses was coming to look at the bush. So he called to him from the bush. He said, "Moses, Moses!" Moses said, "Yes, Lord."
Exodus 16:4
Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will cause food to fall from the sky. This food will be for you to eat. Every day the people should go out and gather the food they need that day. I will do this to see if they will do what I tell them.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you must remember the entire trip that the Lord your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. He was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know what is in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.
Deuteronomy 8:16
In the desert he fed you manna—something your ancestors had never seen. He tested you to make you humble so that everything would go well for you in the end.
Deuteronomy 13:3
Don't listen to them, because the Lord your God is testing you. He wants to know if you love him with all your heart and all your soul.
Judges 2:22
I will use them to test the Israelites. I will see if the Israelites can keep the Lord 's commands as their ancestors did."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. From the time that Benhadad made a covenant with Ahab; not three full years, but part of them: it was threatened by Elijah from the Lord, that Ahab's life should go for Benhadad's, because he had let him, go, 1 Kings 22:42, but because of his humiliation, as is thought by Ben Gersom and others, it was respited for those three years; and now an opportunity and occasion would be given for the fulfilment of what was threatened.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three years - These must be counted from the close of the second campaign of Ben-hadad 1 Kings 20:34. They were not full years, as is evident from the next verse. Probably the first year is that of Ben-hadad’s dismissal after his defeat; the second is a year of actual peace; while the third is that in which Jehoshaphat paid his visit, and the Ramoth-Gilead expedition took place. The pause, here noticed, in the war between Israel and Syria was perhaps the result of a common danger. It was probably in the year following Ben-hadad’s dismissal by Ahab, that the first great Assyrian expedition took place into these parts. Shalmaneser II relates that on his first invasion of southern Syria, he was met by the combined forces of Ben-hadad, Ahab, the king of Hamath, the kings of the Hittites, and others, who gave him battle, but suffered a defeat.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXII

Jehoshaphat King of Judah, and Ahab King of Israel, unite

against the Syrians, in order to recover Ramoth-gilead, 1-4.

They inquire of false prophets, who promise them success.

Micaiah, a true prophet, foretells the disasters of the war,

5-17.

A lying spirit in the mouths of Ahab's prophets persuades Ahab

to go up against Ramoth, 18-29.

The confederate armies are routed, and the king of Israel

slain, 30-36.

Death and burial of Ahab, 37-40.

Character of Jehoshaphat, 41-47.

He makes a fleet in order to go to Ophir for gold, which is

wrecked at Ezion-geber, 48.

His death, 49.

He is succeeded by his son Jehoram, 50.

Ahaziah succeeds his father Ahab, and reigns wickedly, 51, 52.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXII

Verse 1 Kings 22:1. Three years without war — That is, from the time that Ahab made the covenant with Ben-hadad, mentioned 1 Kings 20:34. And probably in that treaty it was stipulated that Ramoth-gilead should be restored to Israel; which not being done, Ahab formed a confederacy with Judah, and determined to take it by force.


 
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