The king of Israel said to his courtiers, “You know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and yet we do nothing to recover it from the hands of the king of Aram.”
And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you come with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I will do what you do; my troops shall be your troops, my horses shall be your horses.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
אליהושפט
441
התלך
455
אתי
411
למלחמה
153
רמת
640
גלעד
107
ויאמר
257
יהושפט
410
אלמלך
121
ישראל
541
כמוני
126
כמוך
86
כעמי
140
כעמך
150
כסוסי
156
כסוסיך
176
I Kings 22:5
Gematria: 2593
ויאמריהושפטאלמלךישראלדרשנאכיוםאתדבריהוה
But Jehoshaphat said further to the king of Israel, “Please, first inquire of GOD.”
So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, “Shall I march upon Ramoth-gilead for battle, or shall I not?” “March,” they said, “and the Sovereign will deliver it into Your Majesty’s hands.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקבץ
208
מלךישראל
631
אתהנביאים
519
כארבע
293
מאות
447
איש
311
ויאמר
257
אלהם
76
האלך
56
עלרמת
740
גלעד
107
למלחמה
153
אםאחדל
84
ויאמרו
263
עלה
105
ויתן
466
אדני
65
ביד
16
המלך
95
I Kings 22:7
Gematria: 2029
ויאמריהושפטהאיןפהנביאליהוהעודונדרשהמאתו
Then Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there another prophet of GOD here through whom we can inquire?”
And the king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is one more through whom we can inquire of GOD; but I hate him, because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only misfortune—Micaiah son of Imlah.” But King Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t say that, Your Majesty.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
מלךישראלאליהושפט
1072
עוד
80
אישאחד
324
לדרש
534
אתיהוה
427
מאתו
447
ואני
67
שנאתיו
767
כי
30
לאיתנבא
494
עלי
110
טוב
17
כי
30
אםרע
311
מיכיהו
91
בןימלה
137
ויאמר
257
יהושפט
410
אליאמר
282
המלך
95
כן
70
I Kings 22:9
Gematria: 2057
ויקראמלךישראלאלסריסאחדויאמרמהרהמיכיהובןימלה
So the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were seated on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, on the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had provided himself with iron horns; and he said, “Thus said GOD: With these you shall gore the Arameans till you make an end of them.”
The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him: “Look, the words of the prophets are with one accord favorable to the king. Let your word be like that of the rest of them; speak a favorable word.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
והמלאך
102
אשרהלך
556
לקרא
331
מיכיהו
91
דבר
206
אליו
47
לאמר
271
הנהנא
111
דברי
216
הנביאים
118
פהאחד
98
טוב
17
אלהמלך
126
יהינא
76
דבריך
236
דברך
226
כדבר
226
אחד
13
מהם
85
ודברת
612
טוב
17
I Kings 22:14
Gematria: 2256
ויאמרמיכיהוחייהוהכיאתאשריאמריהוהאליאתואדבר
“As GOD lives,” Micaiah answered, “I will speak only what GOD tells me.”
When he came before the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we march upon Ramoth-gilead for battle, or shall we not?” He answered him, “March and triumph! GOD will deliver [it] into Your Majesty’s hands.”
Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd; and GOD said, ‘These have no master; let everyone return home in safety.’”
But [Micaiah] said, “I call upon you to hear the word of GOD! I saw GOD seated upon a throne, with all the host of heaven standing in attendance to the right and to the left.
And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then [God] said, ‘You will entice and you will prevail. Go out and do it.’
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
אצא
92
והייתי
441
רוח
214
שקר
600
בפי
92
כלנביאיו
129
ויאמר
257
תפתה
885
וגםתוכל
505
צא
91
ועשהכן
451
I Kings 22:23
Gematria: 2795
ועתההנהנתןיהוהרוחשקרבפיכלנביאיךאלהויהוהדברעליךרעה
So GOD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours; for GOD has decreed disaster upon you.”
Thereupon Zedekiah son of Chenaanah stepped up and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and demanded, “Which way did the spirit of GOD pass from me to speak with you?”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויגש
319
צדקיהו
215
בןכנענה
247
ויכה
41
אתמיכיהו
492
עלהלחי
153
ויאמר
257
איזה
23
עבר
272
רוחיהוה
240
מאתי
451
לדבר
236
אותך
427
I Kings 22:25
Gematria: 2084
ויאמרמיכיהוהנךראהביוםההואאשרתבאחדרבחדרלהחבה
And Micaiah replied, “You’ll find out on the day when you try to hide in the innermost room.”
To which Micaiah retorted, “If you ever come home safe, GOD has not spoken through me.” He said further, “Listen, all you peoples!”bHe said further, “Listen, all you peoples!” Perhaps a notation suggesting that Micaiah was identical with Micah, whose prophecies begin, “Listen, all you peoples,” Mic. 1.2.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
מיכיהו
91
אםשוב
349
תשוב
708
בשלום
378
לאדבר
237
יהוה
26
בי
12
ויאמר
257
שמעו
416
עמים
160
כלם
90
I Kings 22:29
Gematria: 2030
ויעלמלךישראלויהושפטמלךיהודהרמתגלעד
So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah marched upon Ramoth-gilead.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and gocI will disguise myself and go Infinitives used for finite verbs; so Targum and Septuagint. into the battle; but you, wear your robes.” So the king of Israel went into the battle disguised.
Then another man drew his bow at random and he hit the king of Israel between the plates ofdthe plates of Meaning of Heb. uncertain. the armor; and he said to his charioteer, “Turn the horsesethe horses Lit. “your hand,” because horses are guided by a pull on the appropriate rein; cf. 2 Kings 9.23. around and get me behind the lines;fbehind the lines Lit. “outside the camp.” I’m wounded.”
The battle raged all day long,graged all day long Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and the king remained propped up in the chariot facing Aram; the blood from the wound ran down into the hollow of the chariot, and at dusk he died.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותעלה
511
המלחמה
128
ביום
58
ההוא
17
והמלך
101
היה
20
מעמד
154
במרכבה
269
נכח
78
ארם
241
וימת
456
בערב
274
ויצק
206
דםהמכה
114
אלחיק
149
הרכב
227
I Kings 22:36
Gematria: 2865
ויעברהרנהבמחנהכבאהשמשלאמראישאלעירוואישאלארצו
As the sun was going down, a shout went through the army: “Every man to his own town! Every man to his own district.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויעבר
288
הרנה
260
במחנה
105
כבא
23
השמש
645
לאמר
271
איש
311
אלעירו
317
ואיש
317
אלארצו
328
I Kings 22:37
Gematria: 2590
וימתהמלךויבואשמרוןויקברואתהמלךבשמרון
So the king died and was broughthand was brought Lit. “he came.” to Samaria. They buried the king in Samaria,
and they flushed out the chariot at the pool of Samaria. Thus the dogs lapped up his blood and the whores bathed [in it], in accordance with the word that GOD had spoken.ithe word that GOD had spoken Cf. 21.19.
The other events of Ahab’s reign, and all his actions—the ivory palace that he built and all the towns that he fortified—are all recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויתר
616
דברי
216
אחאב
12
וכלאשר
557
עשה
375
ובית
418
השן
355
אשר
501
בנה
57
וכלהערים
381
אשר
501
בנה
57
הלואהם
87
כתובים
478
עלספר
440
דברי
216
הימים
105
למלכי
130
ישראל
541
I Kings 22:40
Gematria: 1984
וישכבאחאבעםאבתיווימלךאחזיהובנותחתיופ
Ahab rested with his ancestors, and his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישכב
338
אחאב
12
עםאבתיו
529
וימלך
106
אחזיהו
37
בנו
58
תחתיופ
904
I Kings 22:41
Gematria: 2448
ויהושפטבןאסאמלךעליהודהבשנתארבעלאחאבמלךישראל
Jehoshaphat son of Asa had become king of Judah in the fourth year of King Ahab of Israel.
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יהושפט
410
בןשלשים
732
וחמש
354
שנה
355
במלכו
98
ועשרים
626
וחמש
354
שנה
355
מלך
90
בירושלם
588
ושם
346
אמו
47
עזובה
90
בתשלחי
750
I Kings 22:43
Gematria: 2339
וילךבכלדרךאסאאביולאסרממנולעשותהישרבעינייהוה
He followed closely the course of his father Asa and did not deviate from it, doing what was pleasing to GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילך
66
בכלדרך
276
אסא
62
אביו
19
לאסר
291
ממנו
136
לעשות
806
הישר
515
בעיני
142
יהוה
26
I Kings 22:44
Gematria: 1928
אךהבמותלאסרועודהעםמזבחיםומקטריםבבמות
However, the shrines did not cease to function; the people still sacrificed and offered at the shrines.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אך
21
הבמות
453
לאסרו
297
עוד
80
העם
115
מזבחים
107
ומקטרים
405
בבמות
450
I Kings 22:45
Gematria: 1537
וישלםיהושפטעםמלךישראל
And further, Jehoshaphat submitted to the king of Israel.
As for the other events of Jehoshaphat’s reign and the valor he displayed in battle, they are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויתר
616
דברי
216
יהושפט
410
וגבורתו
623
אשרעשה
876
ואשר
507
נלחם
128
הלאהם
81
כתובים
478
עלספר
440
דברי
216
הימים
105
למלכי
130
יהודה
30
I Kings 22:47
Gematria: 2878
ויתרהקדשאשרנשארבימיאסאאביובערמןהארץ
(He also stamped out the remaining consecrated workersjconsecrated workers Or “retainers”; meaning of Heb. qadesh uncertain. who had survived in the land from the time of his father Asa.)
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויתר
616
הקדש
409
אשר
501
נשאר
551
בימי
62
אסא
62
אביו
19
בער
272
מןהארץ
386
I Kings 22:48
Gematria: 442
ומלךאיןבאדוםנצבמלך
There was no king in Edom; a viceroy acted as king.
Jehoshaphatka viceroy acted as king. Jehoshaphat Emendation yields “the viceroy of King Jehoshaphat.” constructed Tarshish shipslTarshish ships See note at 10.22. to sail to Ophir for gold. But he did not sail because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his forefather David, and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
[Meanwhile,] Ahaziah son of Ahab had become king of Israel, in Samaria, in the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah; he reigned over Israel two years.
He did what was displeasing to GOD, following in the footsteps of his father and his mother, and in those of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had caused Israel to sin.