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Verse 2 Kings 3:20. _WHEN THE MEAT-OFFERING WAS OFFERED_] This was the
first of all offerings, and was generally made at sun-rising.
_THERE CAME WATER_] This supply was altogether miraculous, for the...
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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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MEAT OFFERING. meal offering. Hebrew. _minhah._ See App-43. = gift
offering.
OFFERED. OFFERED UP. THERE CAME WATER. Elisha's fourth miracle. See
note on 2 Kings 2:15....
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_when the meat offering was offered_ R.V. ABOUT THE TIME OF OFFERING
THE OBLATION. The term _meat offering_has become misleading to modern
English readers, because it would now imply that flesh of som...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS
OFFERED, THAT, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WATER BY THE WAY OF EDOM, AND THE
COUNTRY WAS FILLED WITH WATER._
When the meat offering was offered...
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3:20 offered (b-13) _ Olah_ . see Leviticus 14:20 ....
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WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS OFFERED] i.e. the daily morning sacrifice
at Jerusalem: cp. 1 Kings 18:29....
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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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_(_20_)_ WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS OFFERED. — Comp. 1 Kings 18:29;
1 Kings 18:36. A more exact definition of the time. The reckoning by
_hours_ was unknown before the captivity. According to the Talm...
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וַ יְהִ֤י בַ † בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כַּ עֲלֹ֣ות...
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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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_Offered, at sun-rise, Exodus xxix. 38. --- Water, produced
miraculously, without any rain being seen; (ver. 17.; Calmet) though
it might fall at a distance in Idumea. (Haydock)_...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS
OFFERED,.... At Jerusalem; which always went along with the daily
burnt offering of the lamb, which might not indeed be offered before
br...
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_And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the
country was filled with water._
Ver. 20. _In the morning, when the...
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_In the morning when the meat-offering was offered_ That is, at the
time of the morning sacrifice, which doubtless was attended with the
solemn prayers of God's people. At this time Elisha joined his...
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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 it came to pass in the morning, when the meat-offering was
offered, at the time of the morning sacrifice, shortly after sunrise,
THAT, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WATER BY THE WAY OF EDOM, AND THE COUNTRY...
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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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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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WHEN THE MEAT-OFFERING WAS OFFERED, i.e. the morning sacrifice; of
which EXODUS 29:39,40, which doubtless was attended with the solemn
prayers of God's people, as the evening sacrifice unquestionably...
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2 Kings 3:20 morning H1242 offering H4503 offered H5927 (H8800) water
H4325 came H935 (H8802) way...
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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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_And it came to pass in the morning there came water by the way of
Moab._
DEFEAT OF THE MOABITES
I. The threefold preparation for this miraculous interposition.
1. The preparation of supplication. T...
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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 3:20 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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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 18:36; Daniel 9:21; Exodus 29:39; Exodus 29:40; Isaiah 35:6;...
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The meal — offering — That is, the morning sacrifice: which
doubtless was attended with the solemn prayers of God's people. At
this time Elisha joined his prayers with the prayers of God's people,
esp...