- Bible
- 1 Kings
- Chapter 22
- Verse 10
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
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Gill's Exposition
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,.... By the way, as they came along together, as Josephus (p) observes:
behold, now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the…
Barnes' Notes
Sat each on his throne - Or, “were sitting.” They had removed from the banquet 2Ch 18:2 to the void place, or empty space at the entrance of the gate Rth 4:1; 2Sa 15:2, where Ahab daily sat to hear…
Though Ahab continued under guilt and wrath, and the dominion of the lusts to which he had sold himself, yet, as a reward for his professions of repentance and humiliation, though the time drew near…
Cambridge Bible
And[R.V. Now] the king of Israel The change is justified, as the sentence is not a mere addition to what has gone before but a new feature in the history.
having put on their robes R.V. arrayed in…
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