A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
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A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
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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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And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying: 'Every man to his city, and every man to his country.'
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 22:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 14:12 Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent.
- Judges 7:7-8 Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you by the three hundred men who lapped, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.” So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
- Judges 21:24 The children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they each went out from there to his own inheritance.
- 1 Samuel 4:10 The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
- 2 Samuel 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- 1 Kings 12:16 When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
- 1 Kings 12:24 ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.” ’ ” So they listened to Yahweh’s word, and returned and went their way, according to Yahweh’s word.
- 1 Kings 22:17 He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’ ”
- 1 Kings 22:31 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Of the Israelites.
Of the Israelites.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the…
1Ki 22:36 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.
Ver. 36. Saying, Every man to his city.] This was foretold by Micaiah. {1Ki 22:17} God will not suffer his faithfulness to fail, but will fulfil with his hand what he hath spoken with his mouth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain There went a proclamation; probably by Jehoshaphat’s order, with…
There went a proclamation; probably by Jehoshaphat’s order, with the consent of the chief captains of Israel; and possibly with the permission of the king of Syria, upon notice of Ahab’s death, which was the only thing at which he aimed, 1Ki 22:31.
Every man to his own country: the king is dead, and the battle ended; and therefore every man hath liberty to return to his own house and private occasions.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his…
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 Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead, Of whom more is said in the latter part of this chapter, and in the following book.
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kg1 22:41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. And as Ahab reigned twenty two years, Kg1 16:29, Jehoshaphat must reign about eighteen years with him, and seven years after him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 36. Every man to his city] It appears…
Verse 36. 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, probably with the consent of both Syrians and Israelites, that the war was over. Ahab being dead, his subjects did not choose to contend for Ramoth-gilead; so the Israelites went to their own cities, and the Syrians to their own country.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain About the going down of the sun - i.…
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 reads 1Ki 22:36-37, “Every man to his city, and every man to his own country, for the king is dead: And they came to Samaria,” etc.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. And there went a proclamation] R.V. a cry.…
36. 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 indicates that word was passed round from troop to troop that some disaster made retreat necessary. The LXX. paraphrases ‘And the herald of the host at the setting of the sun stood and said,’ &c.
every man to his own country] The R.V. omits ‘own’, which has nothing to represent it in the original. The LXX. adds to the cry, ‘for the king is dead.’ But this is merely their version of the first words in 1Ki_22:37. For they continue, ‘And they came to Samaria,’ &c.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And there went a proclamation throughout the host Heb.…
And there went a proclamation throughout the host Heb. And the shouting passed over in the camp. Gesenius will have it that hN; ri must mean a "joyful cry," and would see the cause of joy in the cessation of hostilities and the permission to return home about the going down of the sun According to the chronicler, (1Ki_18:34) it was at sunset that the king died. It seems natural, therefore, to connect this shout with his death. But the approach of night would of itself put an end to the battle. It does not appear that Israel had been utterly defeated, or had suffered great loss. But "they had no master", saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country or land.
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