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AND STOOD IN THE BORDER - On the north side of the wady, ready to
defend their territory....
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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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PUT ON ARMOUR. Hebrew gird. girdle....
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_And_[R.V. NOW] _when all the Moabites heard_ By the circuitous
journey which the armies had made their march would be less observed,
and it would only be at the time of their appearance on the fronti...
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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 WHEN ALL THE MOABITES HEARD THAT THE KINGS WERE COME UP TO FIGHT
AGAINST THEM, THEY GATHERED ALL THAT WERE ABLE TO PUT ON ARMOUR, AND
UPWARD, AND STOOD IN THE BORDER._
They gathered all that wer...
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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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AND WHEN ... HEARD... THEY GATHERED. — _Now all the Moabites had
heard_... _and had gathered themselves:_
_literally, had been summoned, called together_ (Judges 7:23).
ALL THAT WERE ABLE TO PUT ON...
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וְ כָל ־מֹואָב֙ שָֽׁמְע֔וּ כִּֽי
־עָל֥וּ הַ מְּלָכִ֖ים לְ הִלָּ֣חֶם
בָּ֑ם וַ יִּצָּעֲק֗וּ מִ...
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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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_Upon them. Hebrew, "and upward," both soldiers and those who were
usually exempt from service._...
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No doubt the Lord overruled the minds of the Moabites to this
delusion, in supposing what they beheld of the water to be blood. And
indeed as they knew no rain had fallen, such an idea was not,
altoge...
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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 WHEN ALL THE MOABITES HEARD THAT THE KINGS WERE COME UP TO FIGHT
AGAINST THEM,.... The kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom:
THEY GATHERED ALL THAT WERE ABLE TO PUT ON ARMOUR, AND UPWARD; that
were o...
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And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward, and stood in the border.
Ver. 21. _They gathered all...
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_All that were able to put on armour and upward_ That is, from youths,
that were but just able to put on armour, to those that were far
advanced in life; so that none were exempted. _And stood in 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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And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, this had taken place in the course of the seven days
while the attacking army was approaching, THEY GATHERED ALL THAT...
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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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GATHERED:
_ Heb._ were cried together
PUT ON ARMOUR:
_ Heb._ gird himself with a girdle...
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20-27 It is a blessing to be favoured with the company of those who
have power with God, and can prevail by their prayers. A kingdom may
be upheld and prosper, in consequence of the fervent prayers of...
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TO PUT ON ARMOUR, Heb. _to gird on a girdle_, i.e. a military girdle,
to which the sword was fastened, 2 SAMUEL 20:8 1 KINGS 2:5. IN THE
BORDER, or, in that border, to wit, of their country, which was...
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2 Kings 3:21 Moabites H4124 heard H8085 (H8804) kings H4428 up H5927
(H8804) fight H3898 (H8736) bear H2296 (H8802) arms H2290 older H4605
gathered H6817 (H8735) stood H5975 (H8799) border H1366
put...
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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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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 3:23. THIS IS BLOOD—For the rancour between the kings of
Israel and Judah was well known; hence the Moabites supposed they had
slaughtered each other in some...
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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 20:11; Ephesians 6:14...
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The border — Of their country, to defend the passage....