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Verse 2 Kings 3:16. _MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES._] The word
נחל _nachal_ may be translated _brook_, as it is by the _Vulgate_
and _Septuagint_. There probably was a _river_ here, but it was now...
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DITCHES - Or “pits” Jeremiah 14:3. They were to dig pits in the
broad valley or wady, wherein the water might remain, instead of
flowing off down the torrent course....
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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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VALLEY. a dry watercourse.
DITCHES. trenches. Hebrew ditches ditches. Figure of speech
_Epizeuxi_. (App-6). full of....
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_Make this valley full of ditches_ R.V. TRENCHES. The valley was a
torrent bed which in the time of rain would become suddenly flooded
with the water from the steep sides, and from the watershed above...
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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 SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES._
Make this valley full of ditches, х_ `AASOH_ (H6213) _ HANACHAL_
(H5158) _ HAZEH_ (H2088) _ GEEBIYM _ (H1356) _ GEEBIYM_ (H1356)]...
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3:16 ditches. (a-12) Or 'dykes.'...
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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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VALLEY] The Heb. means a ravine or water-course which was then
dry—possibly the Wady el Ahsa. DITCHES] RV 'trenches'.: to retain
the promised water for drinking purposes....
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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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MAKE. — Right (infinitive, equivalent to an energetic imperative).
VALLEY. — _Nahal_, wady, torrent-bed, gully. According to Thenius,
“the brook Zered” of Deuteronomy 2:13 is meant; the present _Wady...
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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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_Ditches. It was then quite dry; the water which should come in the
night, would both refresh the army, and bring on the ruin of the
Moabites._...
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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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AND HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES. In
which the allied army lay encamped, that they might be ready to
receive large quantities of water, sufficient for the whole army...
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And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
Ver. 16. _Make this valley full of ditches,_] Heb., Ditches, ditches,
_sc., _ to receive the water which shall fall by a miracle. T...
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_Make this valley full of ditches_ Which may receive the water and
retain it, for the use of men and beasts. They that expect God's
blessings, must prepare room for them. _Ye shall not see wind_ Any o...
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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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THE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS...
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And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches,
with cisterns for holding an abundance of water....
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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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Which may receive the water, and hold it for the use of men and
beasts....
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2 Kings 3:16 said H559 (H8799) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Make H6213
(H8800) valley H5158 ditches...
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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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_Make this valley full of ditches._
PREPARATION FOR REVIVAL
In this story there were no less than three powerful kings, surrounded
by numerous hosts of valiant men, marching forth, as they supposed,...
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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 3:15 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
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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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2 Kings 4:3; Numbers 2:16; Numbers 2:18...