1Ki 22:1 | TNotes | STEP | 22:1 three years ... no war: During this time, the repeated westward thrusts of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (858–824 BC ) led to the Battle of Qarqar (853 BC ). Shalmaneser’s records mention that he faced both Hadadezer (Ben-hadad) and Ahab at that battle. With the Assyrian king temporarily thwarted, old enmities between Aram and Israel flared up again.

‏ 1 Kings 22:1

22:1 ^a three years ... no war: During this time, the repeated westward thrusts of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (858–824 BC) led to the Battle of Qarqar (853 BC). Shalmaneser’s records mention that he faced both Hadadezer (Ben-hadad) and Ahab at that battle. With the Assyrian king temporarily thwarted, old enmities between Aram and Israel flared up again.