Teks -- 1 Kings 22:5 (NET)

22:5 Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”

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Wesley: 1Ki 22:5 - 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.

JFB: 1Ki 22:3-8 - Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours

A Levitical and free town on the north border of Gad (Deu 4:43; Jos 21:38), on the site of the present Salt Lake, in the province of Belka. It lay within the territories of the Israelitish monarch, and was unjustly alienated; but whether it was one of the cities usurped by the first Ben-hadad, which his son had promised to restore, or was retained for some other reasons, the sacred historian has not mentioned. In the expedition which Ahab meditated for the recovery of this town, the aid of Jehoshaphat was asked and promised (see 2Ch 18:3). Previous to declaring hostilities, it was customary to consult the prophets (see on 1Sa 28:8); and Jehoshaphat having expressed a strong desire to know the Lord's will concerning this war, Ahab assembled four hundred of his prophets. These could not be either the prophets of Baal or of Ashteroth (1Ki 18:19), but seem (1Ki 22:12) to have been false prophets, who conformed to the symbolic calf-worship of Jehovah. Being the creatures of Ahab, they unanimously predicted a prosperous issue to the war. But dissatisfied with them, Jehoshaphat inquired if there was any true prophet of the Lord. Ahab agreed, with great reluctance, to allow Micaiah to be summoned. He was the only true prophet then to be found residing in Samaria, and he had to be brought out of prison (1Ki 22:26), into which, according to JOSEPHUS, he had been cast on account of his rebuke to Ahab for sparing the king of Syria.

TSK: 1Ki 22:5 - Inquire

Inquire : Num 27:21; Jos 9:14; Jdg 1:1, Jdg 20:18, Jdg 20:23, Jdg 20:29; 1Sa 14:18, 1Sa 23:2, 1Sa 23:4, 1Sa 23:9-12; 1Sa 30:8; 2Ki 1:3, 2Ki 3:11; 1Ch 10:13; 2Ch 18:4, 2Ch 18:5; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Jer 21:2; Jer 42:2-6; Eze 14:3, Eze 20:1-3

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Poole: 1Ki 22:5

By some prophet; that we may know the mind of God in it, and what success we may expect. This was the practice of the godly. See Jud 1:1 20:28 1Sa 23:2 .

Haydock: 1Ki 22:5 - One // Lord

One, in concord, (Haydock) and ready to march against the same enemy. ---

Lord. This was rather late, if (Menochius) the army was already receiving its pay under the walls of Samaria. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] viii. 15.) ---

God ought to have been consulted at first. (Menochius)

Gill: 1Ki 22:5 - And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord today.

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord today. Being a pious and religious prince, he did not choose to go into a war at once, without consulting the Lord by his prophets, whether it was his will and pleasure they should engage in it, and should prosper; and he was desirous of having this done immediately, before they proceeded any further.