1 Reis 22:31

31 Ora, o rei da Síria tinha ordenado aos capitães dos carros, que eram trinta e dois, dizendo: Não pelejeis nem contra pequeno nem contra grande, senão só contra o rei de Israel.

1 Reis 22:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:31

But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains
that had the rule over his chariots
This was the number of his kings in the first battle with Israel, and of his captains in the second, ( 1 Kings 20:1 1 Kings 20:24 1 Kings 20:25 ) , and the same number he had now, being very probably not only the number of his chariots, but the division of his army was into so many battalions, under the command of these captains of chariots:

saying, fight neither with small nor great;
of those that belonged to Jehoshaphat:

save only with the king of Israel;
and his men; for it can hardly be thought that his orders were to fight with none, nor kill any in the battle but Ahab personally; though it is very probable he might give them directions to aim at him chiefly, knowing that, if he was killed or taken, his army would flee or surrender; and he might be desirous of getting him into his hands, as he had been in his; and the rather his spite was against him, as he was the mover of the war.

1 Reis 22:31 In-Context

29 Assim o rei de Israel e Jeosafá, rei de Judá, subiram a Ramote-Gileade.

30 E disse o rei de Israel a Jeosafá: Eu me disfarçarei, e entrarei na peleja; tu, porém, veste os teus trajes reais. Disfarçou-se, pois, o rei de Israel, e entrou na peleja.

31 Ora, o rei da Síria tinha ordenado aos capitães dos carros, que eram trinta e dois, dizendo: Não pelejeis nem contra pequeno nem contra grande, senão só contra o rei de Israel.

32 E sucedeu que, vendo os capitães dos carros a Jeosafá, disseram: Certamente este é o rei de Israel. Viraram-se, pois, para pelejar com ele, e Jeosafá gritou.

33 Vendo os capitães dos carros que não era o rei de Israel, deixaram de segui-lo.