Increased. — Literally, went up, grew. (Comp. Genesis 40:10; Amos 7, the growth of grass.)
Howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot. — Literally, and the king of Israel was (or, continued) holding himself up in the chariot, facing Aram, until the evening. 1 Kings 22:35 reads: was held up in the chariot, &c, and he died in the evening. The reading of Chronicles is preferable, the sense being that Ahab bravely bore up against the pain of his wound, in order not to discourage his own side by retiring from the field. The rest of the narrative which tells of the return of the army and the washing of Ahab’s chariot at the pool of Samaria (1 Kings 22:36-38) is omitted here, because Jehoshaphat was not concerned in it, and perhaps because the chronicler had a true perception of the real climax of this vivid story of the olden time.