Lièwángjìshang 22:30

30 Yǐsèliè wáng duì Yuēshāfǎ shuō , wǒ yào gǎizhuāng shàng zhèn , nǐ kĕyǐ réng chuān wáng fù . Yǐsèliè wáng jiù gǎizhuāng shàng zhèn .

Lièwángjìshang 22:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:30

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and enter into the battle
Change his clothes, his royal robes, and put on others, perhaps the habit of a common soldier; having, it may be, been informed by some deserters or spies, of the design of Benhadad against him. Abarbinel thinks the meaning is, that he would clothe himself with a coat of mail, and take to him the each of the instruments of war, and so go into the battle secure; this seems probable from ( 1 Kings 22:34 ) and this he might do to elude the prophecy of Micaiah:

but put thou on thy robes;
his royal robes, or rather keep them on, that he might appear to be the chief commander of the army. There seems to be a good deal of insincerity and treachery in this conduct of Ahab's, whatever honour he might pretend to Jehoshaphat, or safety he might promise him in such a situation; his view seems to be to save himself at the hazard of the life of Jehoshaphat, especially if the Septuagint version could be established, "and put on my clothes"; which is natural enough, but would have been too barefaced:

and the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle;
as if he had been a common soldier.

Lièwángjìshang 22:30 In-Context

28 Mǐ gāi yǎ shuō , nǐ ruò néng píng píngān ān dì huí lái , nà jiù shì Yēhéhuá méiyǒu jiè wǒ shuō zhè huà le . yòu shuō , zhòng mín nǎ , nǐmen dōu yào tīng .

29 Yǐsèliè wáng hé Yóudà wáng Yuēshāfǎ shàng Jīliè de là mò qù le .

30 Yǐsèliè wáng duì Yuēshāfǎ shuō , wǒ yào gǎizhuāng shàng zhèn , nǐ kĕyǐ réng chuān wáng fù . Yǐsèliè wáng jiù gǎizhuāng shàng zhèn .

31 Xiān shì Yàlán wáng fēnfu tāde sān shí èr gè chē bīng cháng shuō , tāmende bīng jiāng , wúlùn dà xiǎo , nǐmen dōu bùkĕ yǔ tāmen zhēng zhàn , zhǐyào yǔ Yǐsèliè wáng zhēng zhàn .

32 Chē bīng cháng kànjian Yuēshāfǎ , biàn shuō , zhè bì shì Yǐsèliè wáng . jiù zhuǎn guō qù yǔ tā zhēng zhàn , Yuēshāfǎ biàn hūhǎn .