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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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_And this is_but _a light thing_ For the expression cf. below ch. 2
Kings 20:10. What God gives, He gives to the full. He will not only
guide the forces of nature so that the bodily wants of the armie...
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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 THIS IS BUT A LIGHT THING IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE WILL
DELIVER THE MOABITES ALSO INTO YOUR HAND._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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IS BUT A LIGHT THING. — _Will be a light thing_ (1 Kings 16:31).
HE WILL DELIVER THE MOABITES. — The contrary of Jehoram’s
expectation (2 Kings 3:10; 2 Kings 3:13)....
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וְ נָקַ֥ל זֹ֖את בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְ
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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 this is [but] a (m) light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
(m) He will not only miraculously give you waters, but your enemies
also into your hand...
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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 this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
Ver. 18. _And this is but a light thing._] A great thing it was in
itself considered - else...
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_This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord_ But a small
favour in comparison of what he intends to do for you, for
Jehoshaphat's sake. He will give you more than you expect or ask. For
they w...
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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 this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord, it was a small
matter to Jehovah to supply the army with drinking-water; HE WILL
DELIVER THE MOABITES ALSO INTO YOUR HAND, granting them a glori...
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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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This is but a small favour in comparison of what he intends to you for
Jehoshaphat's sake. He will give you more than you ask or expect. For
they were so weakened and discouraged with the great drough...
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2 Kings 3:18 matter H7043 (H8738) sight H5869 LORD H3068 deliver H5414
(H8804) Moabites H4124 hand H3027...
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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 3:1 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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1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:28; 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Kin
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Didn’t Israel violate the law of warfare by destroying fruit trees?
PROBLEM: Moses had commanded the armies of Israel about their
enemy’s land saying, “You shall not destroy its trees”
(Deuteronomy 2...