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Verse 2 Kings 3:23. _THEREFORE, MOAB, TO THE SPOIL._] Thus they came
on in a disorderly manner, and fell an easy prey to their enemies....
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The sun had risen with a ruddy light, as is frequently the case after
a storm (compare Matthew 16:3), nearly over the Israelite camp, and
the pits, deep but with small mouths, gleaming redly through t...
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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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SLAIN. destroyed....
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The Moabites attack the allied armies, but are defeated. The king of
Moab sacrifices his eldest son (Not in Chronicles)...
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_the kings are surely slain_[R.V. DESTROYED], _and they have smitten
one another_ R.V. EACH MAN HIS FELLOW. The Moabites knew of the
contests which had been between Israel and Judah in times past, and...
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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 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....
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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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THE KINGS ARE SURELY SLAIN. — _Have surely fought with_ (or
_destroyed_) _one another_. LXX., ἐμαχέσαντο. The
supposition was not improbable. Confederates of different races not
seldom had been known...
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וַ יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ דָּ֣ם זֶ֔ה הָחֳרֵ֤ב
נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙...
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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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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...
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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 they said, (o) This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and
they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
(o) The sudden joy of the wicked is but a preparation for their
d...
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No doubt the Lord overruled the minds of the Moabites to this
delusion, in supposing what they beheld of the water to be blood. And
indeed as they knew no rain had fallen, such an idea was not,
altoge...
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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 THEY SAID, THIS IS BLOOD,.... They were very confident of it,
having no notion of water, there having been no rain for some time;
and perhaps it was not usual to see water at any time in this plac...
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And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
Ver. 23. _This is blood._] For water they were confident there could...
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_The sun shone upon the water_, &c. They stood in such a situation,
when they looked at the water, that those rays of the sun which gave a
red colour, were reflected from the water to their eyes; or t...
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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 they said, This is blood, a conclusion by no means far-fetched,
for they knew that there was no water in the desert; THE KINGS ARE
SURELY SLAIN, AND THEY HAVE SMITTEN ONE ANOTHER, their well-known...
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THE DEFEAT OF MOAB...
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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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SLAIN:
_ Heb._ destroyed...
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20-27 It is a blessing to be favoured with the company of those who
have power with God, and can prevail by their prayers. A kingdom may
be upheld and prosper, in consequence of the fervent prayers o...
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They were so highly confident, that they send no scouts, but march
thither with their whole army, and that in great disorder; wherein
there was also a Divine hand, strengthening them in their mistakes...
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2 Kings 3:23 said H559 (H8799) blood H1818 kings H4428 surely H2717
(H8715) swords H2717 (H8738) killed...
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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...
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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 3:20 Water mysteriously flows FROM THE
DIRECTION OF EDOM. This fools the Moabites into thinking Israel and
Judah have slaughtered each other, because in the morning sunlight th...
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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 3:23. THIS IS BLOOD—For the rancour between the kings of
Israel and Judah was well known; hence the Moabites supposed they had
slaughtered each other in some q...
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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...