So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
Went up to Hamoth-gilead. The king of Israel, hoping to evade the force of Micaiah's prophecy by a secret stratagem, used the greatest precaution against being discovered, by assuming the uniform of a subaltern, while he ungenerously advised Jehoshaphat to fight in his royal attire, and thus expose himself to the dangers which Ahab wished to avoid. The Syrian king, with a view either to put the speediest end to the war, or perhaps to wipe out the stain of his own humiliation (1 Kings 20:31), had given special instructions to his 32 generals to single out Ahab, and to take or kill him, as the author of the war. The officers, naturally misled by the royally accoutred appearance of the king of Judah, at first directed their assault on Jehoshaphat, but becoming aware of their mistake, desisted. Ahab was wounded by a random arrow, and died at sunset.