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Hebrew Modern Translation
מלכים א 22:6
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ויקבץ מלך ישראל את הנביאים כארבע מאות איש ויאמר אלהם האלך על רמת גלעד למלחמה אם אחדל ויאמרו עלה ויתן אדני ביד המלך
וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֶֽת־הַנְּבִיאִים֮ כְּאַרְבַּ֣ע מֵאֹ֣ות אִישׁ֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם הַאֵלֵ֞ךְ עַל־רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ עֲלֵ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן אֲדֹנָ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃
וַיִּקְבֹּץ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶֽת־הַנְּבִיאִים כְּאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם הַאֵלֵךְ עַל־רָמֹת גִּלְעָד לַמִּלְחָמָה אִם־אֶחְדָּל וַיֹּאמְרוּ עֲלֵה וְיִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי בְּיַד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃
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the prophets together: 1 Kings 18:19, 2 Timothy 4:3
Go up: 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:22, 1 Kings 22:23, 2 Chronicles 18:14, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:14-17, Jeremiah 28:1-9, Ezekiel 13:7-16, Ezekiel 13:22, Matthew 7:15, 2 Peter 2:1-3, Revelation 19:20
the Lord: This prophecy is couched in the ambiguous terms in which the heathen oracles were delivered. It may mean, either "The Lord will deliver it (Ramoth Gilead) into the king's (Ahab's) hand;" or, "The Lord will deliver (Israel) into the king's (of Syria) hand." So in the famous reply of the Delphian oracle to Pyrrhus: Aio te Aacida, Romanos vincere posse: Ibis redibis nunquam in bello peribis; "I say to thee, Pyrrhus the Romans shall overcome. Thou shalt go, thou shalt return never in war shalt thou perish."
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:5 - God Numbers 22:6 - I wot Joshua 20:8 - Ramoth Judges 1:4 - Lord Judges 18:6 - Go in peace 2 Samuel 5:19 - And the Lord 1 Kings 12:9 - General 1 Kings 16:33 - did more to provoke 1 Kings 18:22 - I only 1 Kings 22:12 - Go up 2 Kings 3:13 - the prophets 2 Kings 10:11 - his priests 2 Kings 10:19 - all the prophets 1 Chronicles 14:10 - Go up 2 Chronicles 10:9 - What advice 2 Chronicles 18:4 - Inquire Proverbs 11:9 - An hypocrite Proverbs 17:4 - General Proverbs 27:14 - He that Jeremiah 28:11 - Thus Ezekiel 13:6 - made Daniel 2:9 - for Hosea 7:3 - General Hosea 9:8 - but Micah 2:11 - I will Micah 3:2 - hate Luke 6:26 - so Luke 10:2 - are Revelation 16:14 - which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men,.... False prophets, as the Targum and Arabic version; and they are called Ahab's prophets, and not the Lord's, 1 Kings 22:23 perhaps these were the prophets of the groves, that ate at Jezebel's table, and were preserved when the prophets of Baal were destroyed, since the number agrees with them, see 1 Kings 18:19
and said unto them, shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? which would you advise to? signifying he should take their advice:
and they said, go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king: which words are very ambiguous, like the oracles of the Heathens; for they do not express who or what should be delivered up, for the word it is a supplement, nor to what king the delivery should be made; whether the Syrians, and the place they held should be given up to king Ahab, which they would have understood; or whether the Israelites should be delivered up to king Benhadad; so that, whichever had been the case, the credit of their prophecy would be secured. They used the word "Lord", and not Baal, in complaisance to Jehoshaphat, and perhaps as directed by Ahab.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The prophets - i. e., In all probability the prophets attached to the worship of the calves; not real prophets of Yahweh. This seems evident both from Jehoshaphatâs dissatisfaction 1 Kings 22:7, and from the strong antagonism apparent between the true Yahweh-prophet Micaiah, and these self-styled âprophets of the Lordâ 1 Kings 22:22-25.
The Lord shall deliver it - In the Hebrew the word here used for âLordâ is ××× × 'aÌdonaÌy. Later (i. e., in 1 Kings 22:11-12) Lord or ×××× yehovaÌh is used. It would seem as if the idolatrous prophets shrank from employing the latter title until they found that Jehoshaphat insisted on learning the will of Yahweh in the matter.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 22:6. About four hundred men — These were probably the prophets of Asherah or Venus, maintained by Jezebel, who were not present at the contention on Mount Carmel. See 1 Kings 18:19, &c.
