1 Kings 22:3

1 Kings 22:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
• New International Version (NIV)The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”

Context of 1 Kings 22:3

1There was a lull of three years without war between Aram and Israel. 2However, in the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit the king of Israel. The king of Israel had said to his servants, “Don’t you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we’re doing nothing to take it from the king of Aram?” 4So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.” 5But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “First, please ask what the Lord’s will is.”

1 Kings 22:3 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֔יו הַיְדַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־לָ֖נוּ רָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ מַחְשִׁ֔ים מִקַּ֣חַת אֹתָ֔הּ מִיַּ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אֲרָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• Knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• ye that Ramothרָמֹתrâmôth gil‛âd râmôth gil‛âd · Ramoth (Gilead)H7433
• in Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · (Ramoth)-gileadH1568
• stillחָשָׁהchâshâh · be silentH2814
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• it not out of the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758

Cross-references for 1 Kings 22:3

• 1 Kings 4:13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
• Deuteronomy 4:43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau land, belonging to the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, belonging to the Gadites; or Golan in Bashan, belonging to the Manassites.
• Joshua 20:8Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they selected Bezer on the wilderness plateau from Reuben’s tribe, Ramoth in Gilead from Gad’s tribe, and Golan in Bashan from Manasseh’s tribe.
• Judges 16:2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let’s wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
• 2 Samuel 19:10But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 22:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3By the terms of Ahab‘s covenant with Ben-hadad, Ramoth in Gilead ought, long ere this, to have been restored 1 Kings 20:34. Hence, the claim “is ours,” i. e., “it belongs to us of right though the Syrians still hold possession of it.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4Jehoshaphat and Ahab were related because Ahab’s daughter, Athaliah, married Jehoshaphat’s son, Jehoram (2 Kings 8:25–26). Jehoshaphat intended his visit to be friendly, but he quickly got involved in Ahab’s plan to capture Ramoth-gilead. The threat from Assyria had stopped Ahab from controlling this important area, which was at the eastern end of the Plain of Jezreel. Now, they needed to take it by force, and Jehoshaphat offered his troops and horses to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83-8. Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours--a Levitical and free town on the north border of Gad (De 4:43; Jos 21:38), on the site of the present Salt Lake, in the province of Belka. It lay within the territories of the Israelitish monarch, and was unjustly alienated; but whether it was one of the cities usurped by the first Ben-hadad, which his son had promised to restore, or was retained for some other reasons, the sacred historian has not mentioned. In…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 22:3

• Armies
• Ramoth-Gilead

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Israel
• Ramoth
• Syria
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Syria, Ashur
• Ahab
• Forbear

Commentaries on 1 Kings 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings