Geneva Bible Notes: 1 Kings 22

1 Kings 22:1 ^a Ben-hadad the King of Syria and Ahab made a peace, which indured thre yeres.

1 Kings 22:1 ^! Jehoshaphat & Ahab fight against the King of Syria.

1 Kings 22:2 ^b To se and visite him.

1 Kings 22:3 ^c The Kings of Syria kept Ramoth before this league was made by Ben-hadad: therefore he thoght not him selfe bounde thereby to restore it.

1 Kings 22:4 ^d I am read to joyne & go with thee, and all mine is at thy commandement.

1 Kings 22:5 ^e He semed that he wolde not go to the warre, except God approued it, yet when Michah counseled the contrarie, he wolde not obey.

1 Kings 22:6 ^f Meaning, the false prophetes, which were flatters & serued for lucre, whome Jezebel had assembled and kept after the death of those whome Elias slewe.

1 Kings 22:7 ^g Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false Prophetes to be Gods ministers, but did contemne them.

1 Kings 22:8 ^h Whereby we se that the wicked can not abide to heare the trueth but hate the Prophetes of God & molest them.

1 Kings 22:9 ⁱ Read {Genes. 37,36}

1 Kings 22:10 ^k In their kinglie apparel.

1 Kings 22:11 ^l The true Prophetes of God were accustomed to vse signes for the comfirmacion of their doctrine, {Isa. 20, 2). {jere 7,2}. Wherein the false Prophetes did imitate them, thinking whereby to make their doctrine more commendable.

1 Kings 22:13 ^m That is the commune argument of the wicked, who thinke that none shulde speake against a thing, if the greater parte approue it, be they neuer so vngodlie.

1 Kings 22:13 ^/ Ebr mouthe.

1 Kings 22:15 ^! Michaiah sheweth the King what shalbe the successe of their enterprise.

1 Kings 22:15 ⁿ He speaketh this in derision because the King attributed so muche to the false prophetes, meaning that by experience he shulde trye that thei were but flatteres.

1 Kings 22:17 ^o It is better thei returne home, then to be punished and scattered, because thei take warre in hand without Gods counsel & approbacion.

1 Kings 22:19 ^p Meaning, his Angels.

1 Kings 22:20 ^/ Or, persuade & deceiue.

1 Kings 22:21 ^q Here we se that thogh they deuil be euer readie to bring vs to destruction yet he hathe no further power then God giueth him.

1 Kings 22:22 ^r I wil cause all his prophetes to tel lies.

1 Kings 22:24 ^! Zedkiiah the false prophet smiteth him.

1 Kings 22:24 ^s Thus, the wicked wolde seme that none were in the fauour of God, but they, and that God hathe giuen his graces to none so muche as to them.

1 Kings 22:27 ^t Let him be pyned away that hungre & be fed with a smale portion of bread & water.

1 Kings 22:28 ^u That when ye shal se these things come to passe, ye nay giue God the glorie & knowe that I am his true Prophet.

1 Kings 22:32 ^x That is, to the Lord for helpe.

1 Kings 22:34 ^/ Ebr. sicke.

1 Kings 22:34 ^/ Or, in his simplicitie & ignorantly.

1 Kings 22:34 ^! Ahab is slaine.

1 Kings 22:34 ^/ Ebr. & betwene the brigandine.

1 Kings 22:35 ^y To wit, Ahab King of Israel.

1 Kings 22:36 ^z Of the Israelites.

1 Kings 22:38 ^/ Or, the harlots washed it.

1 Kings 22:40 ^! Ahaz his sonne succedeth.

1 Kings 22:41 ^! The reigne of Jehoshapaht.

1 Kings 22:43 ^a Meaning, that he was led with an error, thinking that they might stil sacrifice to the Lord in those places, aswel as thei did before the Temple was buylt.

1 Kings 22:47 ^b In the time of this King Idumea was subject to Judah & was gouerned, by whome thei of Judah appointed.

1 Kings 22:48 ^c By Tharshish the Scripture meaneth Cilicia & all the Sea called Mediterraneum.

1 Kings 22:48 ^d Josephus writeth that Ophir is in India, where the Egyptians & Arabians trffike for golde.

1 Kings 22:51 ^! and Joram his sonne.

1 Kings 22:53 ^/ Or, in all pointes as his father did.