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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

2 Kings 3:18

This is but a small favour in comparison of what he intends to you for Jehoshaphat's sake. He will give you more than you ask or expect. For they were so weakened and discouraged with the great drought, that they had no hopes of proceeding in the offensive war, and thought it sufficient, if it were possible, to defend themselves from the Moabites, 2 Kings 3:13.

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See also 2 Kings 3:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And this is_but _a light thing_ For the expression cf. below ch. 2 Kings 20:10. What God gives, He gives to the full. He will not only guide the forces of nature so that the bodily wants of the armie...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IS BUT A LIGHT THING. — _Will be a light thing_ (1 Kings 16:31). HE WILL DELIVER THE MOABITES. — The contrary of Jehoram’s expectation (2 Kings 3:10; 2 Kings 3:13)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נָקַ֥ל זֹ֖את בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    _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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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 waywardnes...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And this is [but] a (m) light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. (m) He will not only miraculously give you waters, but your enemies also into your hand...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I pray the Reader to mark with me the astonishing goodness of the Lord. Surely here, in an eminent degree, that scripture was fulfilled, Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20. Is...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THIS IS BUT A LIGHT THING IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,.... To give them such a plenty of water in such an extraordinary manner: he would do for them what was greater, not only save them from falling...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. Ver. 18. _And this is but a light thing._] A great thing it was in itself considered - else...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord_ But a small favour in comparison of what he intends to do for you, for Jehoshaphat's sake. He will give you more than you expect or ask. For they w...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord, it was a small matter to Jehovah to supply the army with drinking-water; HE WILL DELIVER THE MOABITES ALSO INTO YOUR HAND, granting them a glori...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 3:18 matter H7043 (H8738) sight H5869 LORD H3068 deliver H5414 (H8804) Moabites H4124 hand H3027...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    D. YHWH'S PROVISION FOR THE ALLIANCE FORCES AND THE SUBJUGATION OF MOAB WHICH HAS HOWEVER AN UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCE IN MESHA'S CHILD-SACRIFICE (2 KINGS 3:15). YHWH's reply indicated that they had to...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 3:15 BRING ME A MUSICIAN. Music plays a part in Elisha receiving his message from God (compare 1 Samuel 10:5). The immediate crisis (no wate

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 3:1 THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF JEHORAM'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL; HIS WAR WITH MOAB....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:28; 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Kin

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Didn’t Israel violate the law of warfare by destroying fruit trees? PROBLEM: Moses had commanded the armies of Israel about their enemy’s land saying, “You shall not destroy its trees” (Deuteronomy 2...

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