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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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WENT FORWARD. Some codices, &c, add "still further", and connect this
with entering. Other codices, with six early printed editions,
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, connect these words with the
_smit...
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The Moabites attack the allied armies, but are defeated. The king of
Moab sacrifices his eldest son (Not in Chronicles)...
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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 THEY ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THE SUN SHONE UPON THE
WATER, AND THE MOABITES SAW THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE AS RED AS
BLOOD:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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SMOTE THE MOABITES. — Who were unprepared for resistance.
BUT THEY WENT FORWARD SMITING ... COUNTRY. — The Hebrew text
(_Kethib_) _has, and he went_ (_way-yâbô_, spelt defectively, as in
1 Kings 12:1...
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וַ יָּבֹאוּ֮ אֶל ־מַחֲנֵ֣ה
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַ יָּקֻ֤מוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
וַ יַּכּ֣וּ אֶת ־מֹואָ֔ב וַ יָּנֻ֖סוּ...
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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 when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they (p) went
forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.
(p) Me...
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_Moab. Hebrew adds, "even in the country."_...
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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 THEY CAME TO THE CAMP OF ISRAEL,.... Not in an orderly
regular manner, in rank and file, as an army should march, but in a
confused manner, everyone striving who should get thither first, and...
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And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went
forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.
Ver. 24. _...
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_They went forward, smiting the Moabites, even in their country _ They
pursued them to their own country, and entered it with and after them;
the passes, which the Moabites had before defended, being...
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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 DEFEAT OF MOAB...
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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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THEY WENT FORWARD SMITING:
Or, they smote in it, even smiting...
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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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They pursued them to their own country, and entered it with and after
them; the passes, which before the Moabites defended, being now open
for them....
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2 Kings 3:24 came H935 (H8799) camp H4264 Israel H3478 Israel H3478 up
H6965 (H8799) attacked H5221 (H8686) Moabites H4124 fled H5127 (H8799)
before H6440 entered H5221 (H8686) killing H5221 (H8687) M...
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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 Thessalonians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:4; Joshua 8:20; Judges 20:40...