1 Kings 22:3

3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that ¹Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"

1 Kings 22:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:3

(And the king of Israel said unto his servants
His nobles, those of his privy council, his ministers of state; or "had said" ^F14, some little time before Jehoshaphat came:

know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours
a city of refuge beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, and so of course must belong to the kingdom of Israel, of which see ( Joshua 20:8 )

and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?)
neither demand it, nor take any measures to oblige him to deliver it up; representing it as a great omission, and as a piece of negligence and slothfulness, or cowardice.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (rmayw) "et dixerat", Junius & Tremellius.

1 Kings 22:3 In-Context

1 For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.

2 But in the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"

4 And he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

5 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Inquire first for the word of the LORD."

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:38; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1, 14; 2 Chronicles 22:5