1 Kings 22:1
וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים אֵין מִלְחָמָה בֵּין אֲרָם וּבֵין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ פ
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
In Context
2וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית וַיֵּרֶד יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יְהוּדָה אֶל ־ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Cross References
2 Kings 6:8וּמֶלֶךְ אֲרָם הָיָה נִלְחָם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּוָּעַץ אֶל ־ עֲבָדָיו לֵאמֹר אֶל ־ מְקוֹם פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי תַּחֲנֹתִֽי ׃
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:1
This chapter finishes the history of Ahab's reign. It was promised in the close of the foregoing chapter that the ruin of his house should not come in his days, but his days were soon at an end. His war with the Syrians at Ramoth-Gilead is that which we have an account of in this chapter. I. His preparations for that war. He consulted, 1. His privy-council, ver. 1-3 . 2. Jehoshaphat, ver. 4 . 3. His prophets. (1.) His own, who encouraged him to go on this expedition ( ver. 5, 6 ), Zedekiah particularly, ver. 11,… Read the whole commentary →