Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Kings 3:20
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.
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.
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...
WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS OFFERED - i. e. about sunrise, when the morning sacrifice was offered. Compare 1 Kings 18:29. THERE CAME WATER BY THE WAY OF EDOM - The Wady-el-Ahsy drains a considerable po...
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...
_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...
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 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...
3:20 offered (b-13) _ Olah_ . see Leviticus 14:20 ....
WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS OFFERED] i.e. the daily morning sacrifice at Jerusalem: cp. 1 Kings 18:29....
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...
_(_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...
וַ יְהִ֤י בַ † בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כַּ עֲלֹ֣ות...
_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...
_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)_...
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 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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
THE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS...
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...
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...
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...
2 Kings 3:20 morning H1242 offering H4503 offered H5927 (H8800) water H4325 came H935 (H8802) way...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 3:20 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...
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 18:36; Daniel 9:21; Exodus 29:39; Exodus 29:40; Isaiah 35:6;...
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...