"But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel."
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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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AHAB WAS DEAD. Compare 2 Kings 1:1. He and his son Ahaziah both died
in the same year (800 B. C). See App-50....
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_when Ahab was dead_ The sickness of Ahaziah had no doubt prevented
him from taking any step during his brief reign to suppress the revolt
of Moab. It is probable that during Ahaziah's time all those...
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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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_BUT IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN AHAB WAS DEAD, THAT THE KING OF MOAB
REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ISRAEL._
King of Moab rebelled. This is a repetition of 2 Kings 1:1, in order
to introduce an account of t...
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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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BUT. — _And._
WHEN. — So some MSS. The ordinary text has, “about the time of
Ahab’s death” (_ke_ for _be_).
REBELLED — _i.e._, refused payment of the annual tribute....
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וַ יְהִ֖י כְּ מֹ֣ות אַחְאָ֑ב וַ
יִּפְשַׁ֥ע מֶֽלֶךְ ־מֹואָ֖ב בְּ
מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃...
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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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AN UNWISE ALLIANCE
2 Kings 3:1
Jehoram's reign over the ten tribes was marked by some measures of
reform. He discountenanced Baal worship; though, in defiance of the
Second Commandment, he clave to...
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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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The rebellion of Moab became the cause of the renewal of the war. The
Reader may perhaps not immediately be able to reconcile the idea of a
king connected with that of a sheep-master in the same perso...
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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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BUT IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN AHAB WAS DEAD, THAT THE KING OF MOAB
REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ISRAEL. Who then was Ahaziah; but either
through the pusillanimity of his temper, or the sickness that atten...
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But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
Ver. 5. _When Ahab was dead._] _Elephanti mortuo vel mus insultat._
But besides the death of Ahab,...
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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 CAMPAIGN UNDERTAKEN...
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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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1-5 Jehoram took warning by God's judgment, and put away the image of
Baal, yet he maintained the worship of the calves. Those do not truly
repent or reform, who only part with the sins they lose by,...
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See of this 2 KINGS 1:1. It is here repeated to make way for the
following story. Ahaziah did not attempt the recovery of Moab, either
because he was a man of a low spirit and courage; or because his...
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2 Kings 3:5 Ahab H256 died H4194 king H4428 Moab H4124 rebelled H6586
(H8799) king H4428 Israel H3478
2 Kings 1:1, 2 Kings 8:20; 2 Chronicles 21:8-10...
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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 3:4. 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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2 Chronicles 21:8; 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 8:20...