Verse 3
And the king of Israel. Note the Figure of speech Anadiplosis ( App-6 ) with 1 Kings 22:2 .
Ramoth. One of the Cities of Refuge.
ours. Given by Jehovah. Therefore presumably a "good work" to take it. But "good works" are "prepared works" (Ephesians 2:10 ), and this was not so prepared. See 2 Chronicles 19:1 , 2 Chronicles 19:2 .
Syria. Probably taken in former war ( 1Ki 16:34 , 1 Kings 16:20 , 1Ki 16:43 ,) by Benhadad I from Omri, which his son Ben-hadad II agreed to restore.
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