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1 Kings 22:36-46

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36 And about sunset a cry went through the army, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country! ”
37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
38 And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, 1according to the word of the Lord that he had spoken.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and 2the ivory house that he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

41 3Jehoshaphat the son of 4Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 5He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. Yet 6the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
44 7Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written 8in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
46 And from the land he exterminated the remnant 9of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.
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1 Kings 22:36-46 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 22

This chapter relates, that after three years' peace with the king of Syria, Ahab was inclined to go to war with him, to take Ramothgilead out of his hands; and he drew in Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, to join him in it, 1Ki 22:1-4, but before they went into it, they took advice, Ahab of his four hundred prophets, which Jehoshaphat not being satisfied with, a true prophet of the Lord, Micahah, was sent for, 1Ki 22:5-14 who, when he came, jeered Ahab with what his prophets had said to him; intimated that he should be killed, and explained it to him how he came to be deceived by his prophets, 1Ki 22:15-23 upon which he was smitten on the cheek by Zedekiah, one of the false prophets, and imprisoned by the order of Ahab, 1Ki 22:24-28, after which the two kings went to the battle, and Jehoshaphat was in great danger of his life; but Ahab was wounded, and died, 1Ki 22:29-40, and the chapter is concluded with an account of the reign of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 1Ki 22:41-50, and of Ahaziah king of Israel, 1Ki 22:51-53.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 9

  • 1. 22:38 ch. 21:19
  • 2. 22:39 [Amos 3:15]
  • 3. 22:41 For ver. 41-43, see 2 Chr. 20:31-33
  • 4. 22:41 ver. 51
  • 5. 22:43 [2 Chr. 17:3]
  • 6. 22:43 [ch. 15:14; 2 Kgs. 12:3]
  • 7. 22:44 [2 Chr. 18:1; 20:35, 36]
  • 8. 22:45 [2 Chr. 20:34]
  • 9. 22:46 ch. 14:24; 15:12
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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