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The King's False Prophets
Commentators unanimously identify the 400 men as false prophets. They were not prophets of Baal, but likely served the state-sponsored, idolatrous calf-worship cult of Israel. King Jehoshaphat's immediate dissatisfaction, mentioned in the next verse, reveals their lack of true divine authority, even though they used the title 'Lord'.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 22:6
18th Century
Theologian
The prophets—that is, in all probability, the prophets attached to the worship of the calves, not the true prophets of Yahweh. This seems ev…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 22:6
19th Century
Bishop
Prophets ... four hundred. —These were clearly not avowed prophets of Baal, or the Asherah (“groves”), as is obvious from the cont…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 22:6
17th Century
Pastor
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about
four hundred men
False …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 22:1–14
17th Century
Minister
The same easygoing nature, which leads some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, makes it very dangerous for them. …