Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 22:10
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
10. And [R.V. Now ] the king of Israel ] The change is justified, as the sentence is not a mere addition to what has gone before but a new feature in the history.
having put on their robes ] R.V. arrayed in their robes. The original language indicates a degree of display suited to the meeting of two kings. Moreover the A. V., in connexion with the words immediately following, is open to a misunderstanding. What is described is not what the kings did, but in what state they sat. The LXX. has . Josephus also gives the idea of an armed gathering. He says ‘The two kings having gone out of the city, and having sat down each on his throne, distributed to their own soldiers pay for the campaign ( ).’
in a void [R.V. an open ] place ] The word in the Hebrew is most frequently rendered ‘a threshing-floor.’ This was a large open space in which the oxen could be driven round, to tread out the corn. Such a space is here indicated, where chairs of state could be erected for the two kings, and where the prophets could come about them.
in [R.V. at ] the entrance of the gate of Samaria ] There appears usually to have been some place set apart near the gate of a city, mostly outside, where important business proceedings, trials, and such matters could be conducted in public and where kings and magistrates could sit and listen to appeals for help or justice. Cf. Gen 23:10; Gen 23:18; Jos 2:7; Jos 9:2-9 ; 2Ki 23:8, &c.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Sat each on his throne – Or, were sitting. They had removed from the banquet 2Ch 18:2 to the void place, or empty space at the entrance of the gate Rth 4:1; 2Sa 15:2, where Ahab daily sat to hear complaints and decide causes. Each was seated upon his throne, the Oriental kings having portable thrones, which they took with them upon their journeys.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Their robes; their royal robes, and ensigns of majesty.
In a void place; in the place of judicature, which was in or nigh the gate of the city, and in the front of some void place, where either people stood to hear and see justice administered, or soldiers were placed for the defence of the city in time of war.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
10. a void placeliterally, “athreshing-floor,” formed at the gate of Samaria.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, sat each on his throne,…. In great state and majesty:
having put on their robes; their royal robes, which they wore when they appeared in pomp and grandeur:
in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; where courts of judicature were held, and there was an open void space for the people to assemble in to hear; the word has the signification of a corn floor, and the Jews suppose they and their attendants sat in a semicircle like the half of a corn floor, after the same manner in which they say the sanhedrim at Jerusalem sat o:
and all the prophets prophesied before them; concerning this affair of going to Ramothgilead.
o T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 5. 1. Vid. Kimchium in loc.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) Each on his throne.The description evidently implies that, having reluctantly consented to send for Micaiah, Ahab seeks to overawe him by display not only of royal pomp, but of prophetic inspiration, professing to come, like his own, from the Lord Jehovah.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
10. Each on his throne Thrones purposely erected for this august occasion near the gates of the city.
Robes Royal garments.
A void place Probably the site of an old threshingfloor; a broad, open space, where a vast assembly might gather.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
Ver. 10. Sat each on his throne. ] This might have daunted the good prophet, but that he had lately seen the Lord sitting upon his throne with all the host of heaven standing by him, 1Ki 22:19 and hence he so boldly looked in the face these two kings sitting in their majesty; for he beheld them as so many mice, Vel tanquam e palude sua repentes ranunculas. a
a Bernard.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
void place = level place, or threshing-floor.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
having put: 1Ki 22:30, Est 5:1, Est 6:8, Est 6:9, Mat 6:20, Mat 11:8, Act 12:21, Act 25:23
void place: Heb. floor
all the prophets: 1Ki 18:29, 2Ch 18:9-11, Jer 27:14-16, Eze 13:1-9
Reciprocal: 2Ki 3:13 – the prophets Rev 16:14 – which
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their {k} robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
(k) In their kingly apparel.