1 Kings 22:44

1Ki 22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

Ver. 44. And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.] But better he had not, for God was deeply displeased with it. {2Ch 19:2} Now a man had better be at odds with all the world, than with God and his own conscience. He purchaseth his outward peace at too dear a rate, that parteth with his inward for it. Numa’s temple of old is said to have had this inscription, πιστεως και ειρηνης ιερος, The temple of faith and peace; but first of faith.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

1Ki 22:44-46. Jehoshaphat made peace, &c. — With Ahab first, and then with his son. This is noted as a blemish in his government, 2Ch 19:2; and proved of most mischievous consequence to his posterity. The remnant of the sodomites — he took out of the land — He made a more narrow search after them than his father had done, who is said to have removed them; but, it appears, some still remained, though without his knowledge.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

(44) And Jehoshaphat.—This verse is chronologically out of place. It refers to the policy of Jehoshaphat, pursued apparently from the beginning, of exchanging the chronic condition of war with Israel in the preceding reigns, for peace and alliance.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

44. Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel] This is mentioned because up to his time the two kingdoms had been always at war.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

This refers probably to an early period in Jehoshaphat’s reign - about his eighth or his ninth year - when he closed the long series of wars between the two kingdoms by a formal peace, perhaps at once cemented by a marriage between Jehoram and Athaliah (1Ki 22:2 note).

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

He took not away, &c. He left some of the high places, viz., those in which they worshipped the true God: but took away all others, 2 Paralipomenon xvii. 6; (Challoner) and even those also, before the end of his reign; (Calmet) as they were contrary to the law. (Menochius) --- Others think that the passage in Paralipomenon is incorrect; ula being substituted for vaud. He took away the high places, (chap. xix. 3.) and the groves. (Grotius) (Capell.) --- We know that such remained in the days of Joas; and Josaphat in not ranked among the irreproachable kings, Ecclesiasticus xlix. 5. (Calmet) --- He attempted perhaps to remove those places, but was prevented by the people. (Menochius) See chap. xv. 14.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

With Ahab first, and then with his son. This is noted as a blemish in his government, 2Ch 19:2, and proved of most mischievous consequence to Jehoshaphat’s posterity; as we shall see, 2Ki 9; 2Ki 10.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

44. Made peace with the king of Israel — His son Jehoram married Ahab’s daughter. 2Ki_8:18. As we have just seen, Jehoshaphat went up with Ahab to battle against Ramoth-gilead. Blunt finds some undesigned coincidences in this history which serve to confirm its veracity. “Thus, Ahab is succeeded by a son Ahaziah (1Ki_22:40) on the throne of Israel, and Jehoram is also succeeded by a son Ahaziah (the nephew of the other) on the throne of Judah. 2Ch_22:1. Again, Ahaziah, king of Israel, dies, and he is succeeded by a Jehoram; (2Ki_1:17; 2Ki_3:1;) but a Jehoram, the brother-in-law of the former, is at the same moment on the throne of Judah, as his father’s colleague. 2Ki_1:17. However our patience may be put to the proof in disengaging the thread of Israel and Judah at this point of their annals, we have the satisfaction of feeling that the intricacy of the history at such a moment is a very strong argument for the truth of the history. For though no remark is made upon this identity of names, we at once perceive that it may very naturally be referred to the union which is said to have taken place between the houses.”

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. One great feature of his reign was this: that the hostility which had lasted, even if it sometimes slumbered, between the two kingdoms for seventy years, from the date of their separation to the time of Asa"s death, gave way to peace and even alliance. Judah now recognized the division of the kingdom as an accomplished fact, and no longer treated Israel, even theoretically, as in rebellion. It is probable that the marriage of Jehoram and Athaliah was at once the fruit of, and was intended to cement, this good understanding. (2Ch_18:1) It is hardly likely (Bahr) that the peace was the result of the union of the two families. From the analogy of 2Ch_19:2 2Ch_20:37; cf. 1Ki_16:31; 2Ki_3:14, we should conclude that the marriage at any rate was ill advised and displeasing to God. Bahr sees in it a step on the part of Jehoshaphat towards realizing the union of the two kingdoms under the supremacy of Judah. He thinks that we cannot otherwise account for this complete change of front.

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Made peace - With Ahab first, and then with his son. This is noted as a blemish in his government, 2 Chron. xix, 2, and proved of most mischievous consequence to his posterity.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.