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Verse 2 Kings 3:13. _GET THEE TO THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER_] This was
a just, but cutting reproof.
_NAY_] The Chaldee adds here, _I beseech thee, do not call the sins_
_of this impiety to remembranc...
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Jehoram’s humility in seeking 2 Kings 3:12 instead of summoning
Elisha, does not save him from rebuke. His reformation 2 Kings 3:2 had
been but a half reformation - a compromise with idolatry.
NAY: F...
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2. JEHORAM, MOAB, AND ELISHA
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. Jehoram, King of Israel (2 Kings 3:1)_
2. Moab's rebellion (2 Kings 3:4)
3. Elisha's message and prediction (2 Kings 3:10)
4. The defeat of Moab (2 Kin...
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REIGN OF JEHORAM. WAR WITH MOAB. The only two kings of Israel on whom
the censure pronounced is in any way qualified are Jehoram, the last
of the house of Omri, and Hoshea (2 Kings 17:2), the last kin...
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WHAT... ? See note on 2 Samuel 16:10. Figure of speech _Erotesis_.
App-6.
NAY. Say not so....
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_What have I to do with thee?_ An expression equivalent to a command
to be gone. Cf. Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28; John 2:4.
_the prophets of thy father_ It would be no easy task, however willing
Jehoram might...
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B. THE JOINT CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOAB 3:4-27
The one major effort of Jehoram's twelve-year reign was his effort to
resubjugate Moab. In this effort Jehoram was able to enlist the
services of Jehoshaphat...
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_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE?
GET THEE TO THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER, AND TO THE PROPHETS OF THY
MOTHER. AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO HIM, NAY: FOR THE LOR...
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JEHORAM AND ELISHA. VICTORY OVER MOAB
1. THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF JEHOSHAPHAT] according to 2 Kings 1:17, 'in
the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat.'...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
THE WAR AGAINST MOAB
V1 Ahab’s son Joram became the king of *Israel in Samaria. That
happened in the 18th year when...
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UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL. — As the leader of the confederacy; or as
Elisha’s sovereign, who might be supposed to have brought the others
to the prophet.
THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER — _i.e._, the Baal p...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֜ע אֶל ־מֶ֤לֶךְ
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מַה ־לִּ֣י וָ לָ֔ךְ לֵ֚ךְ
אֶל ־נְבִיאֵ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ...
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_THE INVASION OF MOAB_
2 Kings 3:4
"What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not, what resolution
from despair."
-MILTON, "Paradise Lost, " 1:190
AHAZIAH, as Elijah had warned him, never recov...
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MESHA'S DEFEAT AND DESPERATE SACRIFICE
2 Kings 3:13
Jehoshaphat, though erring, was still God's child, and deliverance
came to him. The heights of our senseless folly and the depths of our
waywardne...
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At this point the history goes back and describes the beginning of the
war with Moab, to which reference was made at the opening of the book.
It was a combined movement of Israel and Judah and Edom ag...
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, (h) What have I to do with
thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of
thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, (i) Nay: for...
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_Mother, whom thou supportest. This is not an order, but a sarcasm
(Haydock) which the king deserved. (Calmet) --- Christ said to Judas,
what thou dost, do quickly, John xiii. 27. (Haydock) --- With w...
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I pray the Reader to mark with me the astonishing goodness of the
Lord. Surely here, in an eminent degree, that scripture was fulfilled,
Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20. Is...
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However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into
earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
J...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3 AND 4.
In the following chapter we enter into the historical part of Elisha's
ministry. Jehoram goes to war; and, although less wicked than his
father, the...
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AND ELISHA SAID UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH
THEE?.... An idolater; I can hold no discourse nor have any
conversation with thee, nor give thee any advice or assistance:
GET THEE TO...
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?
get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy
mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD...
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_Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I_, &c.? I desire not to
have any discourse with thee. _Get thee to the prophet of thy father,_
&c. Seek counsel and help of thy false prophets and of the...
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1 Iehorams reigne.
4 Mesha rebelleth.
6 Iehoram, with Iehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being distressed
for want of water, by Elisha obtaineth water, and promise of victory.
21 The Moabites decei...
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THE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS...
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JEHORAM, JEHOSHAPHAT AND MOAB
(vv.1-27)
Jehoram, Ahab's son, reigned, over Israel 12 years and followed the
sinful example of Jereboam, though not doing so wickedly as Ahab, for
he got rid of the i...
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6-19 The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they
were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon
Providence. Thus the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and the...
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WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? I desire to have no discourse nor
converse with thee. TO THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER, AND TO THE PROPHETS
OF THY MOTHER, i.e. to the calves, which thou after thy father's
e...
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2 Kings 3:13 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 Israel H3478 Go
H3212 (H8798) prophets H5030 father H1 prophets H5030 mother H517 king
H4428 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 called H712...
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1). THE REIGN OF JEHORAM KING OF ISRAEL C. 852-841 BC: WAR WITH MOAB
(2 KINGS 3:1).
The interlude of Elisha's succession to Elijah having taken place in
preparation for the future, the narrative now...
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CONTENTS: Accession of Jehoram over Israel. Moab rebels against
Israel. Elisha's reproof of alliance between Jehoshaphat and Jehoram.
Defeat of Moabites.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoram, Jehoshaphat, Mesha,...
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2 Kings 3:1. _Jehoram began to reign the eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat._ There is a small difficulty here in regard to the
chronology of those times. It is said that Ahaziah began to reign the
sevent...
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_And Elisha said unto the King of Israel, What have I to do with thee
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ASPECTS OF A GODLY MAN
Elisha was confessedly a godly man of a high type, and these verses
reveal him to us in three aspects:-...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 3:1 Like Elijah before him, Elisha becomes
involved in politics. Here, he is consulted about a military campaign
(compare 1 Kings 22:1).
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 3:4. AN ANNUAL TRIBUTE ON MOAB—The custom is common in the
East to pay custom or taxes with the products of the land. For a
Moabitish king, with rich pastures...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 3:1
THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF JEHORAM'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL; HIS WAR WITH
MOAB.
2 KINGS 3:1
NOW JEHORAM THE SON OF AHAB BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA THE
EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF...
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Now chapter 3.
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in
the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, and he reigned
for twelve years (2 Kings 3:1).
So Jehoram, t...
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1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 22:10; 1 Kings 22:11; 1 Kings 22:22; 1 Kings
22:6; 2 Corinthians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 6:15; 2 Kings 3:10;
Deuteronomy 32:37;...
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What have I, &c. — I desire to have no discourse with thee. Get thee
— To the calves, which thou after thy father's example dost worship;
and to the Baals which thy mother yet worshippeth by thy permi...