The ivory house, Heb. the house of the tooth or teeth, to wit, of elephants: see 1 Kings 10:18. Not that it was made wholly of solid ivory, but because the other materials were covered, or intermixed, or adorned with ivory. Compare Amos 3:15. read more
Who reigned twenty-two years; therefore he reigned about eighteen years with Ahab. read more
He reigned twenty and five years; part by himself and partly with his sons, whom he took into the fellowship of his kingdom; of which see more on 2 Kings 1:17. read more
He walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he took the same care for the government of his kingdom, and especially for the reformation of religion, that Asa did; of whom see 1 Kings 15:11. The high places were not taken away. Object. It is said he did take them away, 2 Chronicles 17:6. Answ. He took away those which were erected to idols; of which he seems to speak there, because the high places are there joined with groves, which were generally erected to idols, and not to the true God, as... read more
With Ahab first, and then with his son. This is noted as a blemish in his government, 2 Chronicles 19:2, and proved of most mischievous consequence to Jehoshaphat’s posterity; as we shall see, 2 Kings 9:0; 2 Kings 10:0. read more
Whence the most memorable passages were translated into that canonical book of the Chronicles. read more
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 22:32. They turned aside to fight against him—יּסָרֻו—they turned to him. Sept. has εκύκλωσαν, surrounded him. 1 Kings 22:34.—Drew a bow at a venture—Lit., “in bis simplicity.” So 2 Samuel 15:11. 1 Kings 22:38. They washed his armour—A manifestly incorrect reading. Lit., The harlots bathed; either bathed him, or themselves bathed in the stream stained with his blood, his chariot having been washed therein. To the prediction chap. 1 Kings 21:19, the Sept.... read more
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 22:41. History of the reign of Jehoshaphat of Judah—Scant records of Judah occur in the Scriptures, but Chronicles give them more fully. 1 Kings 22:46. The sodomites … he took out of the land—Lit., extinguished from the land. 1 Kings 22:49. Then said Ahaziah—At that time king of Israel. He wished to unite with Jehoshaphat in maritime expeditions; the explanation of his refusal is found in 2 Chronicles 20:35-37. Ezion-geber (1 Kings 22:48) abounds in... read more
1 Kings 22:34 I. There is a singular analogy between the present state of knowledge and of piety; in this age literature and religion fare much alike. In the Dark Ages literature was the monopoly of the few; gross ignorance was the condition of the many. Now every one knows a little, few know much, and fewer still know profoundly. Is it not the same with piety? The tendency of modern times has been to diffuse among the many the piety which was once concentrated in the few. The public are... read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 22:38
The dogs licked up his blood, together with the water wherewith it was mixed. According unto the word of the Lord; of which See Poole "1 Kings 21:19". read more