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.
Ver. 13. What have I to do with thee? &c.] See how infinitely the Lord scorneth the addresses and services of ungodly persons. Eze 20:3
Verse 2 Kings 3:13. _GET THEE TO THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER_] This was a just, but cutting reproof. _NAY_] The Chaldee adds here, _I beseech thee, do not call the sins_ _of this impiety to remembran...
Jehoram’s humility in seeking 2 Kings 3:12 instead of summoning Elisha, does not save him from rebuke. His reformation 2 Kings 3:2 had been but a half reformation - a compromise with idolatry. NAY: FO...
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 ...
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...
WHAT... ? See note on 2 Samuel 16:10. Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. NAY. Say not so....
_What have I to do with thee?_ An expression equivalent to a command to be gone. Cf. Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28; John 2:4. _the prophets of thy father_ It would be no easy task, however willing Jehoram might...
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...
_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 LOR...
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.'...
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...
UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL. — As the leader of the confederacy; or as Elisha’s sovereign, who might be supposed to have brought the others to the prophet. THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER — _i.e._, the Baal pr...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֜ע אֶל ־מֶ֤לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙...
_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...
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...
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...
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, (h) 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, (i) Nay: for...
_Mother, whom thou supportest. This is not an order, but a sarcasm (Haydock) which the king deserved. (Calmet) --- Christ said to Judas, what thou dost, do quickly, John xiii. 27. (Haydock) --- With w...
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...
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...
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...
AND ELISHA SAID UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE?.... An idolater; I can hold no discourse nor have any conversation with thee, nor give thee any advice or assistance: GET THEE TO...
_Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I_, &c.? I desire not to have any discourse with thee. _Get thee to the prophet of thy father,_ &c. Seek counsel and help of thy false prophets and of the...
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...
THE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS...
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, taking this opportunity to reprove him and to work a wholesome sorrow for his sins in his heart, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? What business could they have tog...
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...
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...
WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? I desire to have no discourse nor converse with thee. TO THE PROPHETS OF THY FATHER, AND TO THE PROPHETS OF THY MOTHER, i.e. to the calves, which thou after thy father's e...
2 Kings 3:13 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 Israel H3478 Go H3212 (H8798) prophets H5030 father...
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...
C. THE INVASION PLAN GOES WRONG AND THE INVADERS FIND THEMSELVES IN JEOPARDY THROUGH LACK OF WATER WITH THE RESULT THAT JEHOSHAPHAT DESIRES THE ADVICE OF A PROPHET OF YHWH (2 KINGS 3:8). The alliance...
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,...
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...
_And Elisha said unto the King of Israel, What have I to do with thee _ ASPECTS OF A GODLY MAN Elisha was confessedly a godly man of a high type, and these verses reveal him to us in three aspects:-...
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)....
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 3:11 IS THERE NO PROPHET OF THE LORD HERE? Faced with disaster, Jehoshaphat finally seeks divine guidance (compare...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 3:1 THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF JEHORAM'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL; HIS WAR WITH MOAB....
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...
1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 22:10; 1 Kings 22:11; 1 Kings 22:22; 1
What have I, &c. — I desire to have no discourse with thee. Get thee — To the calves, which thou after thy father's example dost worship; and to the Baals which thy mother yet worshippeth by thy permi...