1Ki 22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Ver. 41. Jehoshaphat the son of Asa. ] The father was good, but the son better; he repented when he was reproved; but his father stormed, and put the prophet in prison. read more
1Ki 22:42 Jehoshaphat [was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. Ver. 42. When he began to reign, ] i.e., When he was designed to reign in his father’s time. Compare 2 Chronicles 22:2 . And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.] He had the happiness - as afterwards also Timothy had - to come of a good mother, and good grandmother. read more
1Ki 22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. Ver. 43. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, ] viz., Those wherein the people served and worshipped the God of Israel. The people were much set upon them; and the king perhaps thought there was no great harm in them; hence... read more
1Ki 22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. Ver. 44. And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. ] But better he had not, for God was deeply displeased with it. 2Ch 19:2 Now a man had better be at odds with all the world, than with God and his own conscience. He purchaseth his outward peace at too dear a rate, that parteth with his inward for it. Numa’s temple of old is said to have had this inscription, πιστεως και ειρηνης ιερος , The temple of faith and peace; but... read more
1Ki 22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Ver. 45. And how he warred. ] See 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 . read more
1Ki 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. Ver. 46. And the remnant of the sodomites. ] Called Cedeshim by antiphrasis; and Meritorii quia mercentur et quaestum faciunt corpore: prostituendo illud vitio ad explendam libidinem. This is "filthy lucre," indeed. read more
1 Kings 22:47 [There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king. Ver. 47. There was then no king in Edom. ] Never since victorious David "cast out his shoe over it," Psa 60:8 till wicked Joram’s days. read more
1Ki 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. Ver. 48. To go to Ophir for gold. ] See 1 Kings 9:28 . For his ships were broken. ] This cross was in great mercy to Jehoshaphat. "Thou in very faithfulness hast afflicted me," saith David. This should be a patienting consideration; as it is said to have been to Philip, king of Spain, upon the defeating and scattering of his navy here in 1588. He gave and... read more
1Ki 22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. Ver. 49. But Jehoshaphat would not. ] At first he would not, but afterwards he yielded. 2Ch 20:35-37 Or, at first he did, and miscarried; and therefore would not hearken to a second motion. Vexatio dat intellectum. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 22:40
1Ki 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 40. So Ahab slept with his fathers, ] i.e., Died, as his predecessors had done before him. The mortal scythe is master of the royal sceptre. read more