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Verse 2 Kings 3:14. _WERE IT NOT THAT I REGARD THE PRESENCE OF
JEHOSHAPHAT_] He worshipped the true God; Jehoram was an idolater....
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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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BEFORE, &C. Implying Elisha's priesthood.
NOT LOOK. Jehoram was wicked in himself (2 Kings 3:2), as well as
being the son of Ahab. Elisha less austere later (2 Kings 6)....
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As _the Lord of hosts liveth_ Probably the use of this expression is
due to the circumstances. Jehovah, set before the Jews as the Lord of
the armies both of heaven and of earth, would be fitly spoken...
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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 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 JF...
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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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I WOULD NOT LOOK TOWARD THEE] Jehoram was not only the son of the
idolatrous Ahab, but is described in 2 Kings 3:2 as having done evil
in the sight of the LORD. At a later date, however, Elisha's atti...
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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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BEFORE WHOM I STAND. — As a minister. (Comp. 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings
18:15.)
SURELY. — Kî (for); used as in 2 Kings 3:10 (“I cry, alas!”
“I thus swear,” _for_, &c.). Jehoshaphat is accepted because of
h...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֗ע חַי ־יְהוָ֤ה
צְבָאֹות֙...
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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 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 (k) not look toward thee, nor see thee.
...
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_Reverence, ( erubescerem) "blush at," may imply a degree of censure
at Josaphat's being again found in such bad company, ver. 2. (Haydock)
--- Hebrew, "If I did not receive (Calmet) or regard the fac...
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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...
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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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ELISHA SAID, AS THE LORD OF HOSTS LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND,....
Whose minster and prophet he was, to whom he prayed, and whose service
he was ready to perform:
SURELY, WERE IT NOT THAT I REGARD TH...
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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.
Ver....
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_Were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat_ Whom I
reverence and love for his piety, and therefore for his sake will
inquire of the Lord for you all. It is good being with those who
posses...
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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 Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts, Jehovah Sabaoth, the mighty
Ruler of the heavenly armies, LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND, SURELY,
WERE IT NOT THAT I REGARD THE PRESENCE OF JEHOSHAPHAT, THE KING OF...
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THE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS...
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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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JEHOSHAPHAT THE KING OF JUDAH, whom I reverence and love for his
virtue and piety....
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2 Kings 3:14 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 hosts H6635
lives H2416 before H6440 stand H5975 ...
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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...
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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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_And Elisha said unto the King of Israel, What have I to do with thee
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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:-...
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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 3:11 IS THERE NO PROPHET OF THE LORD HERE?
Faced with disaster, Jehoshaphat finally seeks divine guidance
(compare...
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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 14:5; 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:15; 1 Kings 21:20; 1