Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 22:44
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This refers probably to an early period in Jehoshaphats 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).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
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 Jehoshaphats posterity; as we shall see, 2Ki 9; 2Ki 10.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. First with Ahab, with whom he contracted an affinity, and joined with him in his expedition to Ramothgilead, and with Ahaziah his successor.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(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.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
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.”
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
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, , The temple of faith and peace; but first of faith.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
made peace: 1Ki 22:2, 2Ki 8:18, 2Ch 19:2, 2Ch 21:6, 2Co 6:14
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.