And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
After several years, he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab prepared a huge feast with plenty of sheep and cattle for him and all the people who came with him, and convinced him to join him in attacking Ramoth-gilead.
This verse describes how King Ahab of Israel lavishly entertained King Jehoshaphat of Judah and then persuaded him to join a military campaign.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to the alliance between Jehoshaphat, the godly king of Judah, and Ahab, the wicked king of Israel (around 853 BC). Despite their different spiritual commitments, political marriages and treaties often bound these neighboring kingdoms together. Ramoth-gilead was a strategically important city east of the Jordan River that Israel wanted to reclaim from Syria.
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