1 Kings 22:3
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that, ours, is Ramoth-gilead,—yet, we, are too idle to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to make war upon Ramoth-gilead?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:43namely Bezer, in the desert of the table-land, for the Reubenites,—and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
Joshua 21:38And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land,—and Mahanaim, with her pasture land;
Judges 18:9And they said—Arise! and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo! it is very good,—are, ye, then, minded to do nothing? do not be too slothful to go, and enter, and take possession of the land.
1 Kings 4:13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead,—to him, belonged the towns of Jair, son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, his, was the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities, with walls and with bars of bronze;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:2-15
Jehoshaphat's League with Ahab. ( b. c. 897.) 1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as… Read the whole commentary →