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NASB | 1 Kings 22:29 ¶ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Kings 22:29 ¶ So [Ahab] the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. |
Subject: Why did Jehoshaphat join Ahab? |
Bible Note: Ray, I agree, for it was a 'randomly shot' arrow that was able to pierce the armor of King Ahab (another example of God's sovereignty of the situation) and not one that was actually aimed at him. Ahab showed himself as a coward, possibly secretly fearing that Micaiah's prophecy might be true, by wearing a disguise in order to make Micaiah's prophecy less likely to come true (By his thinking). Ryrie's Study Bible states, "Good King Jehoshaphat made three disastrous alliances with apostate Israel: the marriage of his son Jehoram to a daughter of Ahab (2 Chr. 21:6), a commercial alliance (2 Chr. 20:35-37), and this military alliance [against Ramoth-gilead, 2 Chr. 18:1-34]." Jehoshaphat was later to be condemned by the prophet Jehu (2 Chr. 19:2) for voilating the Lord's will by joining forces with Ahab. In this alliance, Jehoshaphat completely reversed the policy of his father Asa, who had entered into an alliance with the Arameans against Baasha of the northern kingdom (see 1 Kings 15:17-23)." (Zondervan's NASB Study Bible) It is also interesting to note that Ben-Hadad, the Syrian king, had ungratefully singled King Ahab out as the 'target' for death even though Ahab had spared his life (1 Kings 20:34). Also, Jehoshaphat's cry to the Lord alone may have shown the Syrians that he was not Ahab. Ahab's death fullfilled the prophecies spoken by Elijah (1 Kings 21:19) and Micaiah. |
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