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Verse 2 Kings 3:7. _MY PEOPLE AS THY PEOPLE_] We find that Jehoshaphat
maintained the same friendly intercourse with the _son_, as he did
with the _father_. See 1 Kings 22:4....
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The close alliance between the two kingdoms still subsisted. Jehoram
therefore sends confidently to make the same request with respect to
Moab that his father had made two years before with respect to...
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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 ...
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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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I AM, &C. Compare 1 Kings 22:4....
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_And he went and sent_ This Hebrew verb -to go" is not un-frequently
placed before another finite verb, without any special sense of moving
from a place, but merely to express the idea of -setting abo...
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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 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...
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SENT TO JEHOSHAPHAT] see on 1 Kings 22:2; Jehoshaphat himself had been
attacked by the Moabites (2 Chronicles 20:1). 8. WHICH WAY SHALL WE
GO?] The usual route from Israel would be across the fords of...
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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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WILT THOU GO. — So Ahab asks Jehoshaphat in 1 Kings 22:4, and he
replies as here, “I am as thou art,” &c. This indicates that the
present section was originally composed by the same hand as 1 Kings
20...
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וַ יֵּ֡לֶךְ וַ יִּשְׁלַח֩ אֶל
־יְהֹושָׁפָ֨ט מ
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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 recove...
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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 J...
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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 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: (d) I [am] as thou [ar...
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It is somewhat strange to find Jehoshaphat in league again after his
former escape with Israel. - 1 Kings 22:32; 1 Kings 22:32. But Reader!
how often is it the case in a spiritual sense. Alas! though...
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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 HE WENT AND SENT TO JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, THE
KING OF MOAB HATH REBELLED AGAINST ME,.... By refusing to pay him
tribute:
WILT THOU GO UP WITH ME AGAINST MOAB TO BATTLE? AND HE SA...
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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],...
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_King Jehoram went out and numbered all Israel_ As soon as he was
settled in his kingdom, his first business was to raise an army to
reduce Moab to obedience, and to engage Jehoshaphat to join him as...
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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 he went and sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying, The
king of Moab hath rebelled against me, a fact which endangered the
welfare of Judah as well; WILT THOU GO WITH ME AGAINST MOAB TO BA...
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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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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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Of which see on 1 KINGS 22:4. He joins with him in this war, partly
because the war was very just in itself, and convenient for
Jehoshaphat, both in the general, that rebels and revolters should be
ch...
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2 Kings 3:7 went H3212 (H8799) sent H7971 (H8799) Jehoshaphat H3092
king H4428 Judah H3063 saying H559 ...
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B. MESHA OF MOAB SEEKS TO FREE MOAB FROM BEING TRIBUTARY TO ISRAEL (2
KINGS 3:4).
We know from the Moabite Stone that Moab had been tributary to Israel
from the time of Omri, but that Mesha was growin...
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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 r...
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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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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 3:7 Confronted with the Moabite rebellion,
Jehoram, like his father Ahab before him, seeks help from JEHOSHAPHAT,
king of Judah. Jehoshaphat responds to Jehoram just as he did...
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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....
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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 22:32; 1 Kings 22:33; 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Chronicles 18:29;...
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He said — He joins with him in this war; because the war was just in
itself, and convenient for Jehoshaphat, both in the general, that
revolters should be chastised: lest the examples should pass into...