1 Kings 22:2
in 1 Kings 22However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
KJV
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
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This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This visit indicates an entire change in the relations which we have hitherto found subsisting between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The common danger to which the two kingdoms were exposed from the growing power of Syria had probably induced them to forget their differences. Jehoshaphat’s eldest son, Jehoram, was married to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab: but apparently the bond between the two families had not hitherto led to any very close intimacy, much less to any joint military expeditions.
This site's exposition
continued three years without war
on 1 Kings 22:1-2
The truce with Syria runs the three years Ahab's covenant with Ben-hadad bought him after chapter 20, and into it Jehoshaphat of Judah comes down to Samaria, the visit that opens the chapter's alliance. The two kingdoms that split at Jeroboam sit at peace with each other while both remain at odds with the Lord in different ways.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Came down, &c. - It is strange, that so good a man would be so closely connected with a king revolted from the worship of God! But he appears to have been of too easy a temper, which betrayed him to many inconveniencies.
And it came to pass in the third year,....
This is a groundless tradition. He came now, it is probable, to consult him about the affairs of their kingdoms. It is strange that so great a man as Jehoshaphat would pay so much respect to a kingdom revolted from the house of David, and that so good a man should show so much kindness to a king revolted from the worship of God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It led, however, to a visit by Jehoshaphat, whose reception in Samaria was distinguished by the most lavish hospitality (2Ch 18:2). The opportunity of this visit was taken advantage of, to push an object on which Ahab's heart was much set.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֖י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑ית | hashelishit | <the> third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| וַיֵּ֛רֶד | vaiyered | and he went down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיְהִ֖יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַּשָּׁנָ֣הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑ית<the> third
hashelishitH7992 →107 times
וַיֵּ֛רֶדand he went down
vaiyeredH3381 →381 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must…
it leads to
- Luke 24:6–7
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
- Matthew 20:17–19
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
- Matthew 17:22–23
When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Matthew 17:12
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at…
- Luke 24:6–7
Through
1 Kings 15:24And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:8
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 1 Kings 22:41–43
In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- Matthew 1:8
Through
2 Kings 8:18And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 8:26
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
