John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 22:2

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass in the third year, etc.] Of the peace, before it was expired: that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel; to Ahab, from Jerusalem to Samaria, reckoned thirty two miles f456; either to make peace with him, and put an end to the wars which subsisted between Israel and Judah since the division of the kingdom, (<112244>1 Kings 22:44) or to contract an affinity with him, by marrying his son to a daughter of Ahab, (<120818>2 Kings 8:18,26) or rather after peace was made, and that strengthened by the marriage; and so he went merely to pay a visit, as he judged he might then with great safety; and he and all his retinue were entertained by Ahab in a very sumptuous and liberal manner, (<141801>2 Chronicles 18:1,2).

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