1 Kings 22:3

3 dixitque rex Israhel ad servos suos ignoratis quod nostra sit Ramoth Galaad et neglegimus tollere eam de manu regis Syriae

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

1 Kings 22:3 In-Context

1 transierunt igitur tres anni absque bello inter Syriam et Israhel

2 in anno autem tertio descendit Iosaphat rex Iuda ad regem Israhel

3 dixitque rex Israhel ad servos suos ignoratis quod nostra sit Ramoth Galaad et neglegimus tollere eam de manu regis Syriae

4 et ait ad Iosaphat veniesne mecum ad proeliandum in Ramoth Galaad

5 dixitque Iosaphat ad regem Israhel sicut ego sum ita et tu populus meus et populus tuus unum sunt et equites mei et equites tui dixitque Iosaphat ad regem Israhel quaere oro te hodie sermonem Domini