1st Kings Chapter 22 verse 1 Holy Bible
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
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And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - And they continued [rather, zested. Heb. sate, dwelt. Cf. Judges 5:17. The LXX. has ἐκάθισε, sing.] three years without war [The Hebrew explains the "rested" - there was not war, etc. See Ewald, 286 g. The three years (not full years, as the next verse shows) are to be counted from the second defeat of Ben-hadad; the history, that is to say, is resumed from 1 Kings 20:34-43. Rawlinson conjectures that it was during this period that the Assyrian invasion, under Shalmaneser II., took place. The Black Obelisk tells us that Ahab of Jezreel joined a league of kings, of whom Ben-hadad was one, against the Assyrians, furnishing a force of 10,000 footmen and 2000 chariots; see "Hist. Illust." pp. 113, 114. The common danger might well compel a cessation of hostilities] between Syria and Israel.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Three years without war.--The period is clearly reckoned from the rash peace made by Ahab with Ben-hadad in 1Kings 20:34. Evidently the king of Syria has recovered his independence, if not superiority; he has not restored Ramoth-gilead according to his promise; and his revived power is sufficient to cope with the united forces of Israel and Judah. The sagacity of the prophetic rebuke of 1Kings 20:42 has been amply justified.
