The battle increased that day. However the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and at about sunset, he died.
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The battle increased that day. However the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and at about sunset, he died.
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And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
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And the battle increased that day; howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Arameans until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 18:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
- Numbers 32:23 “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
- 2 Chronicles 18:16 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.’ ”
- 2 Chronicles 18:19 Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
- 2 Chronicles 18:27 Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, you people, all of you!”
- Proverbs 28:17 A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He dissembled his hurt that his soldiers might fight…
He dissembled his hurt that his soldiers might fight more courageously.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit…
2Ch 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed [himself] up in [his] chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
Ver. 34. About the time of the sun going down he died.] And so proved that a whole council - of false prophets especially - may err. Ahab might now have sent for Zedekiah, with his fellows, as Rodulphus Suevus did for the Popish bishops, who had put him on to take up arms against his master, the emperor, complaining of them at his death, that they had deceived him to his destruction, with the Popes,
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"Petra dedit Petro, Petrus diadems Rodulpho."
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He died - What can hurt those whom God…
He died - What can hurt those whom God will protect? And what can shelter those whom God will destroy? Jehoshaphat is saved in his robes; Ahab is killed in his armour!
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 34. Stayed himself up - against the Syrians]…
Verse 34. Stayed himself up - against the Syrians] There was a great deal of true personal courage and patriotism in this last act of the king of Israel: he well knew that if his troops found that he was mortally wounded, they would immediately give way, and the battle would not only be lost, but the slaughter would be great in the pursuit; therefore he stayed himself up till the evening, when the termination of the day must necessarily bring the battle to a close: and when this was done, the Israelites found that their king was slain, and so they left the field of battle to their foes. Thus Israel had a great loss, and the Syrians had got a great deliverance. Had it not been for this accident, the Syrians had probably been defeated. See on 1Kg 22:36.
IN the notes referred to above, the quibbling predictions of false prophets and lying oracles are mentioned, and several instances given; and the whole account of the lying spirit going forth from the Lord to deceive Ahab, particularly considered. See especially the notes as above on 2Ch 18:19; 2Ch 18:23-24.
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The reader should never forget a truth so very frequently occurring in the Bible, that God is repeatedly represented as doing what, in the course of his providence, he only permits to be done.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. stayed himself up in his chariot] 1 Kin.…
34. stayed himself up in his chariot] 1 Kin. was stayed up. The expression in Chron. probably means that Ahab by his continued presence on the field stayed his army from retreat until sundown. Ahab sustained his reputation as a good soldier (cp. 1Ki_20:14; 1Ki_22:31) to the last; his death caused the failure of the attack on Ramoth (1Ki_22:36).
of the sun going down] R.V. of the going down of the sun.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) Increased.—Literally, went up, grew. (Comp. Gen_40:10; Amos 7,…
(34) Increased.—Literally, went up, grew. (Comp. Gen_40:10; Amos 7, the growth of grass.)
Howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot.—Literally, and the king of Israel was (or, continued) holding himself up in the chariot, facing Aram, until the evening. 1Ki_22:35 reads: was held up in the chariot, &c, and he died in the evening. The reading of Chronicles is preferable, the sense being that Ahab bravely bore up against the pain of his wound, in order not to discourage his own side by retiring from the field. The rest of the narrative which tells of the return of the army and the washing of Ahab’s chariot at the pool of Samaria (1Ki_22:36-38) is omitted here, because Jehoshaphat was not concerned in it, and perhaps because the chronicler had a true perception of the real climax of this vivid story of the olden time.
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