1 Kings 22:30
in 1 Kings 22And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
KJV
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
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This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseI will disguise myself - Probably he had heard of the orders given by Ben-hadad to his thirty-two captains, to fight with the king of Israel only; that is, to make their most powerful attack where he commanded, in order to take him prisoner, that he might lead him captive whose captive he formerly was; and therefore he disguised himself that he might not be known. But put thou on thy robes - What is meant by this?
This site's exposition
went up to Ramoth–gilead
on 1 Kings 22:29-30
The two kings go up together, but Ahab disguises himself for the battle while asking Jehoshaphat to wear the royal robes, a plan that places the ally in the danger the word had named for the king. It reads as a man trying to outmaneuver a prophecy he has just heard and still refuses to believe.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle,.... Change his clothes, his royal robes, and put on others, perhaps the habit of a common soldier; having, it may be, been informed by some deserters or spies, of the design of Benhadad against him.
Ahab was marked for ruin; one would not have been in his coat for a great sum; yet he will over-persuade this godly king to muster for him. See what those get that join in affinity with vicious men, whose consciences are debauched, and who are lost to every thing that is honourable.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The corpse was conveyed to Samaria; and, as the chariot which brought it was being washed, in a pool near the city, from the blood that had profusely oozed from the wound, the dogs, in conformity with Elijah's prophecy, came and licked it [1Ki 21:19]. Ahab was succeeded by his son Ahaziah [1Ki 22:40].
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
I will disguise myself - Ahab had probably heard of Ben-hadad’s order to his captains 1Ki 22:31.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מֶ֨לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ | hitchapes | I will disguise myself | H2664 → | 23 times |
| וָבֹ֣א | vavo' | and I will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | vamilchamah | in the battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וְאַתָּ֖ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| לְבַ֣שׁ | levash | wear | H3847 → | |
| בְּגָדֶ֑יךָ | begadeikha | own clothes your | H899 → | 217 times |
| וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ | vaiyitchapes | and he disguised himself | H2664 → | 23 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיָּב֖וֹא | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | bamilchamah | in the battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מֶ֨לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙I will disguise myself
hitchapesH2664 →23 times
וָבֹ֣אand I will go
vavo'H935 →2568 times
בַמִּלְחָמָ֔הin the battle
vamilchamahH4421 →320 times
וְאַתָּ֖הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
לְבַ֣שׁwear
levashH3847 →
בְּגָדֶ֑יךָown clothes your
begadeikhaH899 →217 times
וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙and he disguised himself
vaiyitchapesH2664 →23 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיָּב֖וֹאand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃in the battle
bamilchamahH4421 →320 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
Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Psalms 139:7
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Amos 9:2–3
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
- Proverbs 15:3
Through
2 Chronicles 35:22Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 18:29
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- 2 Chronicles 18:29
Through
1 Kings 14:2and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act…
- 2 Samuel 14:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.