And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
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Gill's Exposition
So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead, Of whom more is said in the latter part of this chapter, and in the following book.
So Ahab slept with his fathers, and…
Barnes' Notes
About the going down of the sun - i. e. as soon as Ahab was dead. The abandonment of the expedition and dispersion of the army on the death of the king is thoroughly Oriental. The Septuagint version…
Adam Clarke
Every man to his city - It appears that the Israelites and Jews maintained the fight the whole of the day; but when at evening the king died, and this was known, there was a proclamation made,…
The matter in contest between God's prophet and Ahab's prophets is here soon determined, and it is made to appear which was in the right. Here,
I. The two kings march with their forces to…
Cambridge Bible
And there went a proclamation R.V. a cry. The word is often rendered -cry" and applied both to sorrowful and joyous utterances. Cf. Psa 17:1; Psa 30:5. Nowhere else is it rendered -proclamation." It…
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