2 Chronicles 18:33
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
A certain man drew a bow - The Targum tells us who it was. "Now, Naaman, the captain of the host of the great king of Syria, drew a bow against him, (that the prophecy of Elijah the Tishbite, and of…
We have here, 1. Good Jehoshaphat exposing himself in his robes, thereby endangered, and yet delivered. We have reason to think that Ahab, while he pretended friendship, really aimed at Jehoshaphat's…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And acertain man drew a bow Render, But a certain man had drawn a bow. God had already brought about that which the Syrians were labouring to perform.
at a venture Better, as mg., in his simplicity,…