1 Kings 22:35

35 The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died that evening,^[a] and blood from his wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot.

1 Kings 22:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:35

And the battle increased that day
It went on, and did not stop upon Ahab's going out of the host, but was very hot, and both sides fought furiously:

and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians:
the Targum is,

``he strengthened himself, and stood;''

he exerted himself to the uttermost, and stood as long as he could, or could be supported, fighting against the Syrians, to animate his army, and that the Syrians might not have any notion of his being wounded:

and died at even:
in his chariot:

and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot;
or "bosom" ^F20 of it, the hollow part of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (qyx la) "ad sinum", Montanus; "in sinum", Vatablus.

1 Kings 22:35 In-Context

33 When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

34 But a man drew his bow without taking special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armor. So he said to his charioteer, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!"

35 The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. He died that evening, and blood from his wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot.

36 Then the cry rang out in the army as the sun set, declaring: Each man to his own city, and each man to his own land!

37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria. They buried the king in Samaria.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 18:33-34