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Verse 2 Kings 3:4. _WAS A SHEEPMASTER_] The original is נקד
_naked_, of which the Septuagint could make nothing, and therefore
retained the Hebrew word νωκηδ: but the Chaldee has מרי
גיתי _marey gith...
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Moab, the region immediately east of the Dead Sea and of the lower
Jordan, though in part suited for agriculture, is in the main a great
grazing country. Mesha resembled a modern Arab Sheikh, whose we...
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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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MESLIA. See App-54 on "the Moabite stone"....
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_And Mesha king of Moab_ This name for the king of Moab occurs in the
first line of the Moabite stone. In that inscription the Moabite king
mentions his successes against Omri and Omri's successor and...
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AN HUNDRED THOUSAND LAMBS, &C.— Though this is a very large number,
we are to consider that these countries abounded with sheep, insomuch
that Solomon offered a hundred and twenty thousand at the dedi...
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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 MESHA KING OF MOAB WAS A SHEEPMASTER, AND RENDERED UNTO THE KING
OF ISRAEL AN HUNDRED THOUSAND LAMBS, AND AN HUNDRED THOUSAND RAMS,
WITH THE WOOL._
Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, х_ NOQE...
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3:4 wool. (c-27) Or 'to the king of Israel the wool of,' &c....
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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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MESHA] see on Numbers 21:29. This king, in his inscription on the
Moabite Stone, refers to the affliction which his country suffered
from Israel, and to the war which put an end to it, though he place...
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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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The revolt of Moab, continued from 2 Kings 1:1. Ahaziah did not reign
two full years, and his accident seems to have prevented any attempt
on his part to reduce the Moabites.
MESHA. — The name means “...
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וּ מֵישַׁ֥ע מֶֽלֶךְ ־מֹואָ֖ב הָיָ֣ה
נֹקֵ֑ד 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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AN UNWISE ALLIANCE
2 Kings 3:1
Jehoram's reign over the ten tribes was marked by some measures of
reform. He discountenanced Baal worship; though, in defiance of the
Second Commandment, he clave to J...
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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 (c) Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the
king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand
rams, with the wool.
(c) This was done after David had made the M...
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_Nourished. Hebrew noked, a term which the Septuagint leave
untranslated, means literally, "marked" with some colour by the
master. Aut pecori signum, aut numeros impressit acervo. (Georg. i.)_
Sheep...
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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 MESHA KING OF MOAB WAS A SHEEP MASTER,.... With which his country
abounded; he kept great numbers of them, and shepherds to take care of
them; he traded in them, and got great riches by them; his...
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And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king
of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams,
with the wool.
Ver. 4. _And Mesha king of Moab._] Mesha signifi...
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_Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-master_ The riches, not only of
private men, but also of kings, in ancient times, consisted much in
sheep and cattle. And this king of Moab had abundance of them, whi...
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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 CAMPAIGN UNDERTAKEN...
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And Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheepmaster, his well-watered country
being particularly fitted for purposes of pasturage and his own wealth
consisting largely of flocks, AND RENDERED UNTO THE KING OF...
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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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1-5 Jehoram took warning by God's judgment, and put away the image of
Baal, yet he maintained the worship of the calves. Those do not truly
repent or reform, who only part with the sins they lose by,...
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A SHEEP-MASTER; a man of great wealth, (which in those times and
places consisted much in cattle,) which enabled and emboldened him to
rebel against his sovereign lord....
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2 Kings 3:4 Mesha H4338 king H4428 Moab H4124 sheepbreeder H5349 paid
H7725 (H8689) king H4428 Israel H3478 hundred...
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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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B. MESHA OF MOAB SEEKS TO FREE MOAB FROM BEING TRIBUTARY TO ISRAEL (2
KINGS 3:4).
We know from the Moabite Stone that Moab had been tributary to Israel
from the time of Omri, but that Mesha was growin...
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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 3:4 MESHA was a ninth-century B.C. KING OF
MOAB. He began his reign under the authority of Israel and was
required to give Israel a percentage of his agricultural produce ...
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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 Chronicles 18:2; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Samuel 8:2; Genesis 13:2;...
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A sheep — master — A man of great wealth (which in those times and
places consisted much in cattle) which enabled and emboldened him to
rebel against his sovereign....