Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.”
The matter in contest between God's prophet and Ahab's prophets is here soon determined, and it is made to appear which was in the right. Here, I. The two kings march with their forces to Ramoth-Gilead, Kg1 22:29. That the king of Israel, who hated God's prophet, should so far disbelieve his admonition as to persist in his resolution, notwithstanding, is not strange; but that...
Commenting on 1 Kings 22:29-40
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...
1Ki 22:29-40 The issue of the war, and death of Ahab. - 1Ki 22:29. Ahab, disregarding Micah’s prophecy, went on with the expedition, and was even joined by Jehoshaphat, of whom we should have thought that, after what had occurred, he at any rate would have drawn back.
Commenting on 1 Kings 22:29-40