Wesley Corpus

Chapter XXII Ahab invites Jehoshaphat to join in recovering Ramoth - gilead, ver. 1 - 4. His false prophets promise him success, ver. 5, 6. He sends for Micaiah, ver. 7 - 10. Farther promises, ver. 11, 12. Micaiah's uprightness and prediction, ver. 13 - 23. He is abused and imprisoned, ver. 24 - 28. An account of the battle, wherein Ahab is slain, ver. 29 - 40. The good reign of Jehoshaphat, ver. 41 - 50. The wicked reign of Ahaziah, ver. 51 - 53. Came down, &c. - It is strange, that so good a man would be so closely connected with a king revolted from the worship of God! But he appears to have been of too easy a temper, which betrayed him to many inconveniencies. Is ours - Belongeth to us by right. both by God's donation, and by our last agreement with Ben - hadad, chap.20:34, which yet he refuseth to deliver up. Enquire - A good man, wherever he goes, will take God along with him, will acknowledge him in all his ways, and look to him for success. And wherever he goes, he ought to take his religion along with him: and not be ashamed to own it, even among those who have no kindness for it. The prophets - Doubtless his own false prophets, or the priests of the groves; who yet gave in their answer in the name of Jehovah; either, in compliance with Jehoshaphat, or by Ahab's direction, that Jehoshaphat might be deceived by them, into a good opinion of the war. One man - In this place, for whom I can speedily send: for there were also other prophets elsewhere in the kingdom, but these were not at hand. Micaiah - Not one of the twelve prophets, who lived about a hundred and fifty years after this time, but another of that name. Let not, &c. - Let us neither hate his person, nor despise his message; but first hear it, and then do as we see cause. Micaiah - It seems, he had imprisoned him; for ver.26, he bids the officer carry him back, namely to the place where he was before. Probably this was he that had reproved him, for letting Ben - hadad go: And for that, had lain in prison three years.