1 Kings 22:35

35 The battle intensified on that day, and the king was being propped up in the chariot opposite Aram, but he died in the evening, and the blood of the wound ran out to the floor of the chariot.

1 Kings 22:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:35

And the battle increased that day
It went on, and did not stop upon Ahab's going out of the host, but was very hot, and both sides fought furiously:

and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians:
the Targum is,

``he strengthened himself, and stood;''

he exerted himself to the uttermost, and stood as long as he could, or could be supported, fighting against the Syrians, to animate his army, and that the Syrians might not have any notion of his being wounded:

and died at even:
in his chariot:

and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot;
or "bosom" ^F20 of it, the hollow part of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (qyx la) "ad sinum", Montanus; "in sinum", Vatablus.

1 Kings 22:35 In-Context

33 When the chariot commanders saw that it [was] not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

34 But another man drew his bow fully and struck the king of Israel between the armor scales and the breastplate; so he said to his chariot driver, "Turn {the chariot} and bring me out from the camp, for I am wounded."

35 The battle intensified on that day, and the king was being propped up in the chariot opposite Aram, but he died in the evening, and the blood of the wound ran out to the floor of the chariot.

36 Then the shout passed through the camp about sunset, saying, "Each man to his city and each to his land!"

37 So the king died, and {they brought him} to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.