Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Kings 22:11

"And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed." — 1 Kings 22:11 (ASV)

Zedekiah. —The name itself (“righteousness of Jehovah”) must certainly imply professed devotion to the true God, whose Name here is first uttered by him. Symbolic action was not infrequent in the prophets (see Note on 1 Kings 11:30). The use of the horns, as emblems of victorious strength, is also familiar, as in the utterance of Balaam (Numbers 23:22), in the blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:17), in the song of Hannah (1 Samuel 3:1), and in the visions of Daniel and Zechariah (Daniel 8:3–10; Zechariah 1:18–19).