1 Kings 22:3

3 Now the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that ¹Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?"

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1 Kings 22:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:3

(And the king of Israel said unto his servants
His nobles, those of his privy council, his ministers of state; or "had said" ^F14, some little time before Jehoshaphat came:

know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours
a city of refuge beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, and so of course must belong to the kingdom of Israel, of which see ( Joshua 20:8 )

and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?)
neither demand it, nor take any measures to oblige him to deliver it up; representing it as a great omission, and as a piece of negligence and slothfulness, or cowardice.

FOOTNOTES:

F14 (rmayw) "et dixerat", Junius & Tremellius.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 22:3 In-Context

1 Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

2 In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

3 Now the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?"

4 And he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

5 Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD ."

Cross References 1

1. Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:38; 1 Kings 4:13

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "are silent so as not"