1 Kings 22:6

“Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, etc.] False prophets, as the Targum and Arabic version; and they are called Ahab’s prophets, and not the Lord’s, (<112223>1 Kings 22:23) perhaps these were the prophets of the groves, that ate at Jezebel’s table, and were preserved when the prophets of Baal were destroyed, since the number agrees with them, (see <111819>1 Kings 18:19) and said unto them, shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? which would you advise to? signifying he should take their advice: and they said, go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king: which words are very ambiguous, like the oracles of…”

“The prophets - i. e., In all probability the prophets attached to the worship of the calves; not real prophets of Yahweh. This seems evident both from Jehoshaphat’s dissatisfaction 1 Kings 22:7, and from the strong antagonism apparent between the true Yahweh-prophet Micaiah, and these self-styled “prophets of the Lord” 1 Kings 22:22-25. The Lord shall deliver it - In the Hebrew the word here used for “Lord” is אדני 'ǎdonāy. Later (i. e., in 1 Kings 22:11-12) Lord or יהוה yehovâh is used. It would seem as if the idolatrous prophets shrank from employing the latter title until they found that Jehoshaphat insisted on learning the will of Yahweh in the matter. return to 'Top of Page'”

“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. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 22:8”

“the prophets together: Kg1 18:19; Ti2 4:3 Go up: Kg1 22:15, Kg1 22:22, Kg1 22:23; Ch2 18:14; Jer 5:31, Jer 8:10, Jer 8:11, Jer 14:13, Jer 14:14, Jer 23:14-17; Jer 28:1-9; Eze 13:7-16, Eze 13:22; Mat 7:15; Pe2 2:1-3; Rev 19:20 the Lord: This prophecy is couched in the ambiguous terms in which the heathen oracles were delivered. It may mean, either "The Lord will deliver it (Ramoth Gilead) into the king's (Ahab's) hand;" or, "The Lord will deliver (Israel) into the king's (of Syria) hand." So in the famous reply of the Delphian oracle to Pyrrhus: Aio te Aacida, Romanos vincere posse: Ibis redibis nunquam in bello peribis; "I say to thee, Pyrrhus the Romans shall overcome. thou shalt go, thou…”