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Good News Translation

1 Kings 22:1

There was peace between Israel and Syria for the next two years,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Bozkath;   False Prophet;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Oracles;   Spirit;   Theocracy;   Zedekiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'jah;   Mica'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Gilead (1);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There was a lull of three years without war between Aram and Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
They continued three years without war between Aram and Yisra'el.
King James Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
English Standard Version
For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.
New Century Version
For three years there was peace between Israel and Aram.
New English Translation
There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years.
Amplified Bible
Aram (Syria) and Israel continued without war for three years.
New American Standard Bible
Now three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they continued three yeere without warre betweene Aram and Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they lived for three years without war between Aram and Israel.
Contemporary English Version
For the next three years there was peace between Israel and Syria.
Complete Jewish Bible
For three years there was no war between Aram and Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
For the next two years there was peace between Israel and Aram.
George Lamsa Translation
AND three years passed without war Between Aram and Israel.
Lexham English Bible
They lived three years, and there was no war between Aram and Israel.
Literal Translation
And they continued three years; there was no war between Syria and Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there passed ouer thre yeares, that there was no warre betwene the Sirians & Israel.
American Standard Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they cotinued three yeres without warre betweene Syria & Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they continued three years without war between Aram and Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And they continued three yeeres without warre betweene Syria and Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.
English Revised Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thre yeeris passiden with out batel bitwixe Sirie and Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,
Update Bible Version
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
World English Bible
They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
New King James Version
2 Chronicles 18:1-27">[xr] Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
New Living Translation
For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
New Life Bible
Three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
New Revised Standard
For three years Aram and Israel continued without war.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Revised Standard Version
For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.
THE MESSAGE
They enjoyed three years of peace—no fighting between Aram and Israel. In the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah had a meeting with the king of Israel. Israel's king remarked to his aides, "Do you realize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we're sitting around on our hands instead of taking it back from the king of Aram?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 There was peace between Israel and Syria for the next two years, 2 but in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to see King Ahab of Israel. 3 Ahab asked his officials, "Why is it that we have not done anything to get back Ramoth in Gilead from the king of Syria? It belongs to us!" 4 And Ahab asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to attack Ramoth?" "I am ready when you are," Jehoshaphat answered, "and so are my soldiers and my cavalry. 5 But first let's consult the Lord ." 6 So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, "Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?" "Attack it," they answered. "The Lord will give you victory." 7 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there another prophet through whom we can consult the Lord ?" 8 Ahab answered, "There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad." "You shouldn't say that!" Jehoshaphat replied. 9 Then Ahab called in a court official and told him to go and get Micaiah at once. 10 The two kings, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on their thrones at the threshing place just outside the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying in front of them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3104-3107, bc 900-897, 1 Kings 20:34

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:2 - in the third

Cross-References

Genesis 22:7
Isaac spoke up, "Father!" He answered, "Yes, my son?" Isaac asked, "I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?"
Genesis 22:11
But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."
Genesis 22:12
"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."
Genesis 22:14
Abraham named that place "The Lord Provides." And even today people say, "On the Lord 's mountain he provides."
Exodus 3:4
When the Lord saw that Moses was coming closer, he called to him from the middle of the bush and said, "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."
Exodus 16:4
The Lord said to Moses, "Now I am going to cause food to rain down from the sky for all of you. The people must go out every day and gather enough for that day. In this way I can test them to find out if they will follow my instructions.
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the Lord your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands.
Deuteronomy 8:16
In the desert he gave you manna to eat, food that your ancestors had never eaten. He sent hardships on you to test you, so that in the end he could bless you with good things.
Deuteronomy 13:3
do not pay any attention to them. The Lord your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the Lord with all your heart.
Judges 2:22
I will use them to find out whether or not these Israelites will follow my ways, as their ancestors did."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. From the time that Benhadad made a covenant with Ahab; not three full years, but part of them: it was threatened by Elijah from the Lord, that Ahab's life should go for Benhadad's, because he had let him, go, 1 Kings 22:42, but because of his humiliation, as is thought by Ben Gersom and others, it was respited for those three years; and now an opportunity and occasion would be given for the fulfilment of what was threatened.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three years - These must be counted from the close of the second campaign of Ben-hadad 1 Kings 20:34. They were not full years, as is evident from the next verse. Probably the first year is that of Ben-hadad’s dismissal after his defeat; the second is a year of actual peace; while the third is that in which Jehoshaphat paid his visit, and the Ramoth-Gilead expedition took place. The pause, here noticed, in the war between Israel and Syria was perhaps the result of a common danger. It was probably in the year following Ben-hadad’s dismissal by Ahab, that the first great Assyrian expedition took place into these parts. Shalmaneser II relates that on his first invasion of southern Syria, he was met by the combined forces of Ben-hadad, Ahab, the king of Hamath, the kings of the Hittites, and others, who gave him battle, but suffered a defeat.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXII

Jehoshaphat King of Judah, and Ahab King of Israel, unite

against the Syrians, in order to recover Ramoth-gilead, 1-4.

They inquire of false prophets, who promise them success.

Micaiah, a true prophet, foretells the disasters of the war,

5-17.

A lying spirit in the mouths of Ahab's prophets persuades Ahab

to go up against Ramoth, 18-29.

The confederate armies are routed, and the king of Israel

slain, 30-36.

Death and burial of Ahab, 37-40.

Character of Jehoshaphat, 41-47.

He makes a fleet in order to go to Ophir for gold, which is

wrecked at Ezion-geber, 48.

His death, 49.

He is succeeded by his son Jehoram, 50.

Ahaziah succeeds his father Ahab, and reigns wickedly, 51, 52.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXII

Verse 1 Kings 22:1. Three years without war — That is, from the time that Ahab made the covenant with Ben-hadad, mentioned 1 Kings 20:34. And probably in that treaty it was stipulated that Ramoth-gilead should be restored to Israel; which not being done, Ahab formed a confederacy with Judah, and determined to take it by force.


 
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