Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Kings 22:31

"Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel." — 1 Kings 22:31 (ASV)

His thirty and two captains. —See 1 Kings 20:16; 1 Kings 20:24. The power of Syria had already recovered itself, and is directed with singular virulence against the person of the king who had unwisely spared it. Ahab is represented as the mover of the whole war, and as fighting bravely to the death.