Chapter 18

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am 3107, bc 897

riches 2Chr 1:11-15, 2Chr 17:5, 2Chr 17:12; Matt 6:33

joined affinity He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son Joram (2Kgs 8:18); which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, 2Chr 19:1-3. 2Chr 18:31, 2Chr 19:2, 2Chr 21:6, 2Chr 22:2-3; 1Kgs 16:31-33, 1Kgs 21:25; 2Kgs 8:18, 2Kgs 8:26-27, 2Kgs 11:1; 2Cor 6:14


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after certain years Heb. at the end of years, 1Kgs 17:7; Neh 13:6 *marg.

he went 2Chr 19:2; 1Kgs 22:2-28

Ahab 1Kgs 1:9; Isa 22:12-13; Luke 17:27-29

persuaded 1Kgs 22:4, 1Kgs 22:20-22

Ramothgilead Deut 4:43; Josh 20:8; 1Kgs 4:13; 2Kgs 9:1


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I am as thou 1Kgs 22:4; 2Kgs 3:7; Ps 139:21; Eph 5:11; 2John 1:10-11


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Inquire 2Chr 34:26; 1Sam 23:2, 1Sam 23:2, 1Sam 23:4, 1Sam 23:9-12; 2Sam 2:1, 2Sam 5:19, 2Sam 5:23; 1Kgs 22:5-6; Ps 27:4; Jer 21:2; Ezek 20:3


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prophets 1Kgs 18:19; 2Kgs 3:13; 2Tim 4:3

Shall we go Jer 38:14-28, Jer 42:2-3, Jer 42:20

Go up 2Chr 18:14, 2Chr 18:20-21; Jer 8:10-11, Jer 23:14, Jer 23:17, Jer 28:1-17; Ezek 13:3-16, Ezek 13:22; Mic 2:11; Mic 3:11; Rev 19:20


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Is there not 1Kgs 22:7-9; 2Kgs 3:11-13

besides Heb. yet, or more


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one man 1Kgs 18:4, 1Kgs 19:10

I hate him 1Kgs 18:17, 1Kgs 20:42-43, 1Kgs 21:20; Ps 34:21, Ps 55:3, Ps 69:14; Prov 9:8, Prov 29:10; Jer 18:18; Amos 5:10; Mark 6:18-19, Mark 6:27; Luke 6:22; John 7:7, John 15:18-19, John 15:24; Gal 4:16

good Isa 30:10; Jer 38:4

me 2Chr 18:13; 2Kgs 9:22; Ezek 3:17-19; Acts 20:26-27

Let not the Prov 25:12; Mic 2:7


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officers or, eunuchs, 1Sam 8:15; 1Chr 28:1 *marg. Isa 39:7; Dan 1:3, Dan 1:7-8

Fetch quickly Heb. hasten, 2Chr 18:25-26; 1Kgs 22:9


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sat either 1Kgs 22:10-12; Isa 14:9; Ezek 26:16; Dan 7:9; Matt 19:28

clothed 2Chr 18:29; Matt 6:29, Matt 11:8

void place or, floor, Threshing-floors, among the ancient Jews, as we have before remarked, were only, as they are to this day in the East, round level plats of ground in the open air. Hence a floor might well be near the gate of Samaria, which was built on a hill, and afford no improper place for the kings of Judah and Israel to give audience to the prophets.

all the prophets Jer 27:14-16


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horns of iron Mr. Bruce, in describing the head-dress of the governors of Abyssinia, says, "A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, keren, and is only worn in reviews, or parades after victory." Such, it may be supposed, were the horns of iron which Zedekiah (who appears to have acted the hero returning from a military triumph) made for himself, when he presumed, in the name of Jehovah, to flatter his prince with the promise of victory: "Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed." Jer 27:2, Jer 28:10-14; Zech 1:18-21; 2Tim 3:8

Thus Jer 23:17, Jer 23:21, Jer 23:25, Jer 23:31, Jer 28:2-3, Jer 29:21; Ezek 13:7, Ezek 22:28

they be consumed Heb. thou consume them


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all the prophets 2Chr 18:5, 2Chr 18:12, 2Chr 18:33-34; Prov 24:24-25; Mic 3:5; 2Pet 2:1-3; Jude 1:16; Rev 16:13-14; Rev 19:20


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Behold Job 22:13; Ps 10:11; Isa 30:10; Hos 7:3; Amos 7:13; Mic 2:6, Mic 2:11; 1Cor 2:14-16

assent Heb. mouth, Josh 9:2 *marg.


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even what my God Num 22:18-20, Num 22:35, Num 23:12, Num 23:26, Num 24:13; 1Kgs 22:14; Jer 23:28, Jer 42:4; Ezek 2:7; Mic 2:6-7; Acts 20:27; 1Cor 11:23; 2Cor 2:17; Gal 1:10; 1Thess 2:4


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Go ye up 1Kgs 18:27, 1Kgs 22:15; Eccl 11:1; Lam 4:21; Amos 4:4-5; Matt 26:45


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shall I adjure 1Sam 14:24; 1Kgs 22:16; Matt 26:63; Mark 5:7; Acts 19:13


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he said Matt 26:64

as sheep 2Chr 18:33-34; 1Kgs 22:17, 1Kgs 22:34-36; Jer 23:1-2; Ezek 34:5-6, Ezek 34:8; Zech 10:2, Zech 13:7; Matt 9:36; Mark 6:34

master 2Sam 2:7, 2Sam 5:2; 2Kgs 10:3


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Did I not tell 2Chr 18:7; 1Kgs 22:18; Prov 29:1; Jer 43:2-3

but evil or, but for evil


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hear the word Isa 1:10, Isa 28:14, Isa 39:5; Jer 2:4, Jer 19:3, Jer 34:4; Amos 7:16

I saw 1Kgs 22:19-23; Isa 6:1-5; Dan 7:9; Acts 7:55-56

all the host Gen 32:2; Ps 103:20-21; Zech 1:10


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Who shall entice 1Kgs 22:20; Job 12:16; Isa 6:9-10, Isa 54:16; Ezek 14:9; 2Thess 2:11-12; Jas 1:13-14

go up 2Chr 25:8, 2Chr 25:19; Prov 11:5


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there came Job 1:6, Job 2:1; 2Cor 11:3, 2Cor 11:13-15


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1Kgs 22:21-22; John 8:44; 1John 4:6; Rev 12:9, Rev 13:14, Rev 20:8

a lying spirit 2Chr 18:22; Gen 3:4-5

Thou shalt 2Chr 18:19; Judg 9:23; Job 1:12, Job 2:6; Ps 109:17


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the lord hath Exod 4:21; Job 12:16; Isa 19:14; Ezek 14:3-5, Ezek 14:9; Matt 24:24-25; 2Cor 11:11-13; 2Thess 2:9-11; 1Tim 4:1-2

and the Lord 2Chr 18:7, 2Chr 18:17, 2Chr 25:18; Isa 3:11; Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3; Matt 26:24-25; Mark 14:20-21


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Zedekiah 2Chr 18:10; 1Kgs 22:23-25; Isa 50:5-6; Jer 20:2; Lam 3:30; Mic 5:1; Matt 26:67; Mark 14:65; John 18:22-23; Acts 23:2-3

Which way Jer 29:26-27; Matt 26:67-68; John 9:40-41


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Behold Isa 26:11; Jer 28:16-17, Jer 29:21-22, Jer 29:32

into an inner chamber or, from chamber to chamber, Heb. into a chamber in a chamber. "In one of the halls of the seraglio at Constantinople," says Deut. Lam. Motraye, "the eunuch made us pass by several little chambers, with doors shut, like the cells of monks or nuns, as far as I could judge by one that another eunuch opened." This exactly corresponds with the idea of a "chamber within a chamber;" and it would appear that Micaiah predicted that Zedekiah should fly for shelter to a Harem, which we have seen was deemed inviolate. (See note on 1Sam 19:16.) 1Kgs 20:30; Isa 26:20


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and carry him back 2Chr 18:8; Jer 37:15-21, Jer 38:6-7; Acts 24:25-27


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Put 2Chr 18:15, 2Chr 16:10; 1Kgs 22:26-28; Jer 20:2-3; Matt 5:12; Luke 3:19-20; Acts 5:18; 2Cor 11:23; Rev 11:10

this fellow 1Sam 25:21; Matt 12:24; Luke 23:2; Acts 22:22

bread of affliction Ps 80:5, Ps 102:9; Isa 30:20

until I return Deut 29:19; Ps 10:5; Prov 14:16; 1Thess 5:2-3


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If Num 16:29; Amos 9:10; Acts 13:10-11

Hearken Matt 13:9, Matt 15:10; Mark 7:14; Luke 20:45-46


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the king 1Kgs 22:29-33


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I will disguise 1Sam 28:8; 1Kgs 14:2-6, 1Kgs 20:38; Job 24:15; Jer 23:24

put thou on thy robes Ps 12:2; Prov 26:25

the king 2Chr 35:22-23


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Fight ye 1Kgs 20:33-34, 1Kgs 20:42

small or great 2Chr 15:13; Gen 19:11; Deut 1:17


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Jehoshaphat 2Chr 13:14, 2Chr 14:11; Exod 14:10; Ps 116:1-2; 2Cor 1:9-10

the Lord 2Chr 26:7; Ps 34:7, Ps 46:1, Ps 46:11, Ps 94:17, Ps 118:13

God moved them Ezra 1:1, Ezra 7:27; Neh 1:11; Prov 16:7, Prov 21:1


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from pursuing him Heb. from after him, 1Kgs 22:33


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a certain man 1Kgs 22:34

at a venture Heb. in his simplicity, 2Sam 15:11

between the etc. Heb. between the joints and between the breast plate, The shiryon, in Syriac, sheryono, seems to have covered both the back and breast of the warrior, and was consequently not properly a breast-plate, but a coat of mail or corslet. The corslet was made of flax or of wool woven very thick, of ox-hide, of brass, or of iron. The metallic corslet consisted not of solid piece, but of scales, hooks, or rings, connected like the links of a chain, that the warrior might move with greater ease. It was between the joints of this harness that Ahab received his mortal wound. 1Kgs 22:34-35

wounded Heb. made sick, 2Chr 35:23


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he died 2Chr 18:16, 2Chr 18:19, 2Chr 18:27; Num 32:23; Prov 13:21, Prov 28:17


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