1 Kings 22:6

Contextual Overview

¹There was a lull of three years without war between Aram and Israel. ¹ They continued three years without war between Aram and Yisra'el. ¹ And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. ¹ For three years Syria and Israel continued without war. ¹ For three years there was peace between Israel and Aram. ¹ There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. ¹Aram (Syria) and Israel continued without war for three years. ¹ Now three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. ¹ And they continued three yeere without warre betweene Aram and Israel. ¹So they lived for three years without war between Aram and Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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the prophets together: 1 Kings 18:19, 2 Timothy 4:3

Go up: 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:22, 1 Kings 22:23, 2 Chronicles 18:14, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:14-17, Jeremiah 28:1-9, Ezekiel 13:7-16, Ezekiel 13:22, Matthew 7:15, 2 Peter 2:1-3, Revelation 19:20

the Lord: This prophecy is couched in the ambiguous terms in which the heathen oracles were delivered. It may mean, either "The Lord will deliver it (Ramoth Gilead) into the king's (Ahab's) hand;" or, "The Lord will deliver (Israel) into the king's (of Syria) hand." So in the famous reply of the Delphian oracle to Pyrrhus: Aio te Aacida, Romanos vincere posse: Ibis redibis nunquam in bello peribis; "I say to thee, Pyrrhus the Romans shall overcome. Thou shalt go, thou shalt return never in war shalt thou perish."

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:5 - God Numbers 22:6 - I wot Joshua 20:8 - Ramoth Judges 1:4 - Lord Judges 18:6 - Go in peace 2 Samuel 5:19 - And the Lord 1 Kings 12:9 - General 1 Kings 16:33 - did more to provoke 1 Kings 18:22 - I only 1 Kings 22:12 - Go up 2 Kings 3:13 - the prophets 2 Kings 10:11 - his priests 2 Kings 10:19 - all the prophets 1 Chronicles 14:10 - Go up 2 Chronicles 10:9 - What advice 2 Chronicles 18:4 - Inquire Proverbs 11:9 - An hypocrite Proverbs 17:4 - General Proverbs 27:14 - He that Jeremiah 28:11 - Thus Ezekiel 13:6 - made Daniel 2:9 - for Hosea 7:3 - General Hosea 9:8 - but Micah 2:11 - I will Micah 3:2 - hate Luke 6:26 - so Luke 10:2 - are Revelation 16:14 - which

Cross-References

Isaiah 53:6
We all went astray like sheep;we all have turned to our own way;and the Lord has punished himfor the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6
All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.

Isaiah 53:6
We all have wandered away like sheep; each of us has gone his own way. But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done.

Isaiah 53:6
All of us like sheep have gone astray, We have turned, each one, to his own way; But the LORD has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] To fall on Him [instead of us].

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheepe haue gone astraye: wee haue turned euery one to his owne way, and the Lord hath layed vpon him the iniquitie of vs all.

Isaiah 53:6
All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us allTo fall on Him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men,.... False prophets, as the Targum and Arabic version; and they are called Ahab's prophets, and not the Lord's, 1 Kings 22:23 perhaps these were the prophets of the groves, that ate at Jezebel's table, and were preserved when the prophets of Baal were destroyed, since the number agrees with them, see 1 Kings 18:19

and said unto them, shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? which would you advise to? signifying he should take their advice:

and they said, go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king: which words are very ambiguous, like the oracles of the Heathens; for they do not express who or what should be delivered up, for the word it is a supplement, nor to what king the delivery should be made; whether the Syrians, and the place they held should be given up to king Ahab, which they would have understood; or whether the Israelites should be delivered up to king Benhadad; so that, whichever had been the case, the credit of their prophecy would be secured. They used the word "Lord", and not Baal, in complaisance to Jehoshaphat, and perhaps as directed by Ahab.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophets - i. e., In all probability the prophets attached to the worship of the calves; not real prophets of Yahweh. This seems evident both from Jehoshaphat’s dissatisfaction 1 Kings 22:7, and from the strong antagonism apparent between the true Yahweh-prophet Micaiah, and these self-styled “prophets of the Lord” 1 Kings 22:22-25.

The Lord shall deliver it - In the Hebrew the word here used for “Lord” is אדני 'ǎdonāy. Later (i. e., in 1 Kings 22:11-12) Lord or יהוה y^ehovâh is used. It would seem as if the idolatrous prophets shrank from employing the latter title until they found that Jehoshaphat insisted on learning the will of Yahweh in the matter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 22:6. About four hundred men — These were probably the prophets of Asherah or Venus, maintained by Jezebel, who were not present at the contention on Mount Carmel. See 1 Kings 18:19, &c.