When I and thou rode together after Ahab his father; which might be when Ahab went in his chariot, attended with his nobles or chief officers, (of which these were two,) to take a formal and solemn possession of Naboth’s land; for then the prophet Elijah met him, and denounced this judgment against him, 1Ki_21:17, &c.
This burden, i.e. this grievous prophecy; for such are oft and truly called burdens, as Isa_13:1 15:1 Jer_23:33,34 Na 1:1.