And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,.... Supposed by the Jewish writers to be Micaiah the son of Imlah, Kg1 22:9 one of those perhaps that Obadiah hid in the cave, and now is…
Barnes' Notes
The rabbinical commentators conjecture that this prophet was Micaiah, the son of Imlah, who is mentioned below 1Ki 22:8. Hast thou seen all this great multitude? - The boast of Ben-hadad 1Ki 20:10,…
Adam Clarke
There came a prophet - Who this was we cannot tell; Jarchi says it was Micaiah, son of Imlah. It is strange that on such an occasion we hear nothing of Elijah or Elisha. Is it not possible that this…
The treaty between the besiegers and the besieged being broken off abruptly, we have here an account of the battle that ensued immediately.
I. The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a…
Cambridge Bible
God by a prophet promises the victory to Ahab. The Syrians are defeated (Not in Chronicles)
13. there came a prophet The Hebrew verb is not the common word for -to come." The R.V. has therefore…
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