_NOW JEHORAM THE SON OF AHAB BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF JUDAH, AND REIGNED TWELVE YEARS._ Jehoram ... in ... the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat - (cf. 1 Kings 22:51.) To reconcile the statements in the two passages, we must suppose that Ahaziah,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WROUGHT EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; BUT NOT LIKE HIS FATHER, AND LIKE HIS MOTHER: FOR HE PUT AWAY THE IMAGE OF BAAL THAT HIS FATHER HAD MADE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MESHA KING OF MOAB WAS A SHEEPMASTER, AND RENDERED UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL AN HUNDRED THOUSAND LAMBS, AND AN HUNDRED THOUSAND RAMS, WITH THE WOOL._ Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, х_ NOQEED_ (H5349), a herdsman, a sheep-breeder (Amos 1:1). The Septuagint retains the original, Moosa basi... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 the confederate expedition for crushing this revolt, which had been allowed to continue unchecked dur... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING JEHORAM WENT OUT OF SAMARIA THE SAME TIME, AND NUMBERED ALL ISRAEL._ King Jehoram ... numbered all Israel - made a levy from his own subjects, and at the same time sought an alliance with Jehoshaphat, which, as on the former occasion with Ahab, was readily promised (1 Kings 22:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WENT AND SENT TO JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, THE KING OF MOAB HATH REBELLED AGAINST ME: WILT THOU GO WITH ME AGAINST MOAB TO BATTLE? AND HE SAID, I WILL GO UP: I AM AS THOU ART, MY PEOPLE AS THY PEOPLE, AND MY HORSES AS THY HORSES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, WHICH WAY SHALL WE GO UP? AND HE ANSWERED, THE WAY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF EDOM._ Which way shall we go? ... through the wilderness of Edom. This was a long and circuitous route, by the southern bend of the Dead Sea. Jehoshaphat, however, preferred it, partly because the part of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE KING OF ISRAEL WENT, AND THE KING OF JUDAH, AND THE KING OF EDOM: AND THEY FETCHED A COMPASS OF SEVEN DAYS' JOURNEY: AND THERE WAS NO WATER FOR THE HOST, AND FOR THE CATTLE THAT FOLLOWED THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT JEHOSHAPHAT SAID, IS THERE NOT HERE A PROPHET OF THE LORD, THAT WE MAY INQUIRE OF THE LORD BY HIM? AND ONE OF THE KING OF ISRAEL'S SERVANTS ANSWERED AND SAID, HERE IS ELISHA THE SON OF SHAPHAT, WHICH POURED WATER ON THE HANDS OF ELIJAH._ Which poured water on the hands of Elijah - i:e., was hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOSHAPHAT SAID, THE WORD OF THE LORD IS WITH HIM. SO THE KING OF ISRAEL AND JEHOSHAPHAT AND THE KING OF EDOM WENT DOWN TO HIM._ Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. The phrase is used here as synonymous with 'a true and eminent prophet,' who will reveal God's will to us.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 HATH CALLED THESE THREE KINGS TOGETHER, TO DELIVER THEM INTO THE HAND OF MOAB._ What have I to do... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA SAID, AS THE LORD OF HOSTS LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND, SURELY, WERE IT NOT THAT I REGARD THE PRESENCE OF JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, I WOULD NOT LOOK TOWARD THEE, NOR SEE THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT NOW BRING ME A MINSTREL. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE MINSTREL PLAYED, THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM._ Bring me a minstrel. The effect of music in soothing the mind is much regarded in the East; and it appears that the ancient prophets, before entering on their work, commonly resort... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES._ Make this valley full of ditches, х_ `AASOH_ (H6213) _ HANACHAL_ (H5158) _ HAZEH_ (H2088) _ GEEBIYM _ (H1356) _ GEEBIYM_ (H1356)] - Make in this wady ditches, (i:e., many tanks or cisterns), capable of holding water. These trench... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, YE SHALL NOT SEE WIND, NEITHER SHALL YE SEE RAIN; YET THAT VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED WITH WATER, THAT YE MAY DRINK, BOTH YE, AND YOUR CATTLE, AND YOUR BEASTS._ Ye shall not see wind. It is common in the East to speak of seeing wind, from thee clouds of straw, dust, or send, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THIS IS BUT A LIGHT THING IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE WILL DELIVER THE MOABITES ALSO INTO YOUR HAND._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL SMITE EVERY FENCED CITY, AND EVERY CHOICE CITY, AND SHALL FELL EVERY GOOD TREE, AND STOP ALL WELLS OF WATER, AND MAR EVERY GOOD PIECE OF LAND WITH STONES._ Ye shall smite every fenced city ... and shall fell every good tree, х_ TOWB_ (H2896), good, i:e., prolific, tree]. The destructi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS OFFERED, THAT, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WATER BY THE WAY OF EDOM, AND THE COUNTRY WAS FILLED WITH WATER._ When the meat offering was offered - i:e., at the time of the morning sacrifice, accompanied, doubtless, with solemn prayers; and these... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 were able to put on armour х_ MIKOL_ (H3605) _ CHOGEER_ (H2296) _ CHªGORAAH _ (H2290) _ WAAMA`ªLAAH_ (H... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY BEAT DOWN THE CITIES, AND ON EVERY GOOD PIECE OF LAND CAST EVERY MAN HIS STONE, AND FILLED IT; AND THEY STOPPED ALL THE WELLS OF WATER, AND FELLED ALL THE GOOD TREES: ONLY IN KIRHARASETH LEFT THEY THE STONES THEREOF; HOWBEIT THE SLINGERS WENT ABOUT IT, AND SMOTE IT._ In Kir-haraseth, х_ B... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE KING OF MOAB SAW THAT THE BATTLE WAS TOO SORE FOR HIM, HE TOOK WITH HIM SEVEN HUNDRED MEN THAT DREW SWORDS, TO BREAK THROUGH EVEN UNTO THE KING OF EDOM: BUT THEY COULD NOT._ When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, х_ CHAAZAQ_ (H2388), strong, violent, obstinate... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HE TOOK HIS ELDEST SON THAT SHOULD HAVE REIGNED IN HIS STEAD, AND OFFERED HIM FOR A BURNT OFFERING UPON THE WALL. AND THERE WAS GREAT INDIGNATION AGAINST ISRAEL: AND THEY DEPARTED FROM HIM, AND RETURNED TO THEIR OWN LAND._ Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, an... [ Continue Reading ]