1 Kings 22:36

36 As the sun went down, shouts reverberated through the ranks, "Abandon camp! Head for home!

1 Kings 22:36 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:36

And there went a proclamation throughout the host, about the
going down of the sun
Much about the time that Ahab died; and this proclamation by an herald might be made by his order, as he was dying, or by Jehoshaphat, when he understood he was dead:

saying, every man to his city, and every man to his own country;
the order was to cease fighting, and make the best of their way as fast as they could to their own homes, since their shepherd and master was dead, which fulfilled the vision of Micaiah, ( 1 Kings 22:17 ) . It seems to have been a drawn battle, at least there is no account of the advantage on either side.

1 Kings 22:36 In-Context

34 Just then someone, without aiming, shot an arrow randomly into the crowd and hit the king of Israel in the chink of his armor. The king told his charioteer, "Turn back! Get me out of here - I'm wounded."

35 All day the fighting continued, hot and heavy. Propped up in his chariot, the king watched from the sidelines. He died that evening. Blood from his wound pooled in the chariot.

36 As the sun went down, shouts reverberated through the ranks, "Abandon camp! Head for home!

37 The king is dead!"

38 They washed down the chariot at the pool of Samaria where the town whores bathed, and the dogs lapped up the blood, just as God's word had said.