1 Kings 22:1

Ahab Dies in Battle

22:1 There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. ¹ 

1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ²  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ³  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ⁴ 

1 Kings 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ⁵  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

[22:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and they lived three years without war between Aram and Israel.”

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[12:21]  ³ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”