And when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
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
So the king died, and they brought him to Samaria,.... In the chariot he died in: and they buried the king in Samaria; where his father Omri was buried, Kg1 16:28.
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