1 Kings 22:3

3 and the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know Ramoth-Gilead belongs to us, and we [are] doing nothing about taking it from the hand of the king of Aram?"

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 They lived three years, and there was no war between Aram and Israel.

2 It happened in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to the king of Israel,

3 and the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know Ramoth-Gilead belongs to us, and we [are] doing nothing about taking it from the hand of the king of Aram?"

4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to the battle for Ramoth-Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "{I am like you}; {my people are like your people}; {my horses are like your horses}."

5 Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire for the word of Yahweh today."