1 Kings 22:35

Contextual Overview

²⁹Then the king of Israel and Judah’s King Jehoshaphat went up to Ramoth-gilead. ²⁹ So the king of Yisra'el and Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah went up to Ramot-Gil`ad. ²⁹ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. ²⁹ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. ²⁹ So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead. ²⁹ The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead. ²⁹So [Ahab] the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. ²⁹ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. ²⁹ So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead. ²⁹So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

increased: Heb. ascended

died at even: 1 Kings 22:28, 1 Kings 20:42

midst: Heb. bosom

Reciprocal: Judges 9:55 - General 1 Kings 13:5 - General 2 Chronicles 18:33 - between the Ecclesiastes 8:12 - a sinner

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the battle increased that day,.... It went on, and did not stop upon Ahab's going out of the host, but was very hot, and both sides fought furiously:

and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians: the Targum is,

"he strengthened himself, and stood;''

he exerted himself to the uttermost, and stood as long as he could, or could be supported, fighting against the Syrians, to animate his army, and that the Syrians might not have any notion of his being wounded:

and died at even: in his chariot:

and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot; or "bosom" t of it, the hollow part of it.

t אל חיק "ad sinum", Montanus; "in sinum", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The battle increased - See the margin; i. e. the tide of battle rose higher. Compare Isaiah 8:7-8.

The king was stayed up in his chariot - The king’s wound made it impossible for him to remain standing without help; he therefore had himself supported in his chariot by attendants, in order that his soldiers might not lose heart, as they would be sure to do, if they knew of his peril. Ahab must not be denied the credit of right princely fortitude on this occasion.

The midst of the chariot - literally, as in the margin. The “bosom” of the chariot is the rounded front, with the portion of the standing board that adjoined it. Here the blood would naturally collect, forming a pool, in which the king and his charioteer must have stood.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. The king was stayed up — He did not wish his misfortune should be known, lest his troops should be discouraged.