Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 22:6
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1 Kings22:6
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battel, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up: for the LORD shall deliver it unto the hand of the king.
Which doubtless were his own false Prophets, or the Priests of Baal; probably those very 400 Men whom Iezabel preserved from that great slaughter, chap. 18. who yet gave in their Answer in the Name of Iehovah, not of Baal; either, in compliance with Iehoshaphat; or rather, by Ahab's direction, that good Iehoshaphat might be deceived by them, into a good opinion of the War.
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