Gen 15, 16.and 48: 22. tos 2. 9, 10. Eo $-o 27Andit came to paſs when Ahab heard thoſe words,.
that he rent his clothes, »nd put ſackcloth upon his fleſh, and faſted, and lay in ſackcioth, and went ſofciy.k - k i. e. Slowly and filently,after the manner of mourners or thoſe who are under a great conſternation, and in deep. coſideration- 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tiſbbice, ſaying, * y 29 Seeſt thou how Ahab humblech himſelf before me? becauſe he humbieth himſelf before me /, 1 will rot pl bring the evil - in his days : but * in his ſons days will + King. | { bring the evil upon his houſe. | 9: : & x Tt i.e. In my preſence,&upon my threatning: Bur this humiliation or repentance of Avabs was only externa! and ſuperficial, ariſing from the terror of Gods Judgments ; and n. t ſincere and ſerious,proceed=- ing f.om thc Love of.,od,or a true ſente of his ſfin,or aſolema pur pole of amendment of his Life,as appears, becauſe all the particulars of his repentance here. wer. 27 are external and ritual only; nor is chere the leaſt intimation of any one- ſign or fruit of his true re- pentance,as that he reſtored Naveths Land.or reproved his infamous Wife ; but in the very next Chapter you find him retu-ning to his 2rmer Vomir hating and threatning the Lords Prophers,&c. m 5.4 The Judgment threatned, both that wer. 19. which was not infli&- dupon.4-ab w th fo much ignominy,% with that particular fignt« cure of Gods vengeance, thar it was to be done in: the tame place, as 1t was upon his Son Jeram ; and eipecially that, wer. 41: 23, which was wholly ſuſpended unrill his $ ns days. ; CHAP. XXIL - Ahab intending Way againft the Syrians, is adviſed by Tehoſhaphat þi ſt.fo ack Counjel of God: Anabs Proph ts adv:ſe him to it,eſpecially zde lf 1-12. Micaias, # prophet of che Lord, diff» adeth wm from it: 4nd is put in Priſon by Ahab, 13 - — 28. Ahab gveth to the Battel, is Nlain: The Dog: lick his Blodd , and Ahaziah. ſucceedeth him, 19 \--—— 46, Fehojbaphits good reign over Judah ; His Afts and Death : Felnoram Jucceedeth him, 41 —— 50 Abaziahs evil Reign, 1 =*) 53-07 N D they 4 continued three years þ without -war between Syria and [fſrael. 2; # The Syrians and Iſraelites deſigned in the following words. b Computed from the laſt War and League wherewith it was concluded : becauſe both Ahab and B-uhad:d were ſo weakned and
broken by the late Wars, that they needed and deſired Peace to recruit themſelves, and repair their former-loſſcs, |
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Chapter,be brings back the Curſc upon himſelf,and fo it is no won- der if it be in tome tort fulfilled in him alſo. brew word,rendred in the place where,may be,and is by ſome learned men otherwiſe rendered, either thus, Þ:ſtca# .f#his that ; that being
in his ffead: or, like as : or, becauſe that: So 1: doth not del:gn the / Place, but the cauſe and reaſon of this Judg.nent» And an this ſenſe the ſame word 1s uſed, . 10.
Zecing 2 20 And Ahab faid to re y,Haſt thou found mes, O mine enemy a? And h®anſ{wered,l have found zbeeb : becauſe thou haſt ſold" thy ſelf c to work evil in the ſight of the LORD a.
Upon,and after his delivery of the meſſage laſt mentioned.which 3t was needleſs to repeat. z Doit thou purſi.c me from place to place ? Wiltſt thou never ict me reſt? Art thou come after ine hither with thy unwelcome Mcſlages ? a That art always diſturbing, threatning, and oppoſing me. and exprefling not ſo much Gods mind, as thy own batred aad emnity againſt me. Comp. ch. 22. 8. b The haid of God hath found and overtaken thee in the very a&@ of thy lin. c Thou halt wi!fully and wholly reſigned up rhy l1elf to be the , bond(lave of the Devil,or Baal,and of wicked Zezebel,to do whatto- | ever they perſwade thee to do ; as a man that ſells himielf ro ano- | ther is totally in his Maſters Power, and mult imploy all his t-me | and {trength for his ſervice, Compare 2'King 17.17. See on Rom. 7. | 14. di e. Impudently and contempruouſly. Withal he minds him,
that although his fin was in a great meature hid from the eyes of men by Jezebels cunning conti1ivance,yet it was evident and kaown to God, who would require it at his Hands. ' : 2r Behold, * I will bring evil upon thee, and will Chap. take away thy poſterity, and will cut off from Ahab (4. , * him that piſſerh againſt the wall,and * him tha is th + Kin.g,g. 22M that piilern againit the wall,and * him that 15 jhut * Sam. UP, and lefc in Iſrael. Y. 22, e Of which ſee on chap: 14: 10. * Chap. 22 And will make thine houſe like the houſe of *Je- OM roboam the ſon of Nebat, and like the Houſe of * Baa- 15.292 ſha the ſon of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith * Chap. thou haſt provoked we to anger, and made [frael to ſin. I6; 3, 23 And * of Jezebel alſo ſpake the LORD, fayiug, * Kin The dogs ſhall eat Jezebel by the || wall f of Jezreel. : S& F Or, by the ditch, or fort: org mn the Portion, as it is explained,
a4 ditch 2 Kings 9+ 36. the Hebrew Chel. here being put for chelck, uted there
p * by an Apocope of the laſt Hebrew Letrer, which is not unuſual: in the Hebrew tongue
24 * Him tnat dieth of Ahab in the city, the dops
*Chap. "HF ts. 12ng ſhall eat ; and him that dicth in the ticld,thall the fowls 6: 4 Of the air Cat
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frequently ſaid ro be done in anothers placs which was only done |
2 And it came to pals in the third year, that * Jeho- +, c4 ſhaphac the King of Judah came down to the king of 1s: wy” Iſrael ec. OS |
c Having now, as he ſuppoſed, made afirm peace with 4hab b the Alliance coutracted berween Joram his Son,and Athaliah, Ababs Daughter 3 Of which ſee 2 Kings 8: 18. 2 Chron: 18: 1. | |
3 (And the king of Iſrael ſaid unto his ſervants, Know | ye that * Ramoth in Gilead is ours d, and we be|| ſtill, * ; Chros | and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria ) 2 6: 73.
d i. e. Belongeth to us by right,both by Gods Donarion,and de- |: Heb» fa ſigaarion of it for a*Ciry of Refuge, Joſ. 21: 38. and by our laſt Jer from agreement with Benbodad 1 Kings 20. $4,which te refuſeth ro deli- taking its | ver up to us upon our demand. |
4 And he ſaid unto Jehoſhaphat, Wilt thou go wich | me to batrel to Rimotn-giiead And Jehoſhaphat ſaid | co the king of Ifrae!, * I am as thou art, my p<opie as * 2 King; thy peopie, my horſes a+ thy horſes e. 3-7. |
e I will heartily and effectually joyn with thee ; and my Forces ſhail thail be at thy ſervicey as much as thine own.