And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it [is] the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
Ver. 32. And Jehoshaphat cried out.] To God for help, 2Ch 18:31 but in addition in such a manner, as the Syrians perceived it was not Ahab, perhaps because he cried out to Jehovah alone, contemnens minutulos illos deos, modo Iovam sibi propitium haberet. And now Jehoshaphat seeth to his sorrow the great inconvenience of being in bad company: and that green wood also, if bound up with dry, doth easily take fire, and is burned together.