The sins of Jeroboam, i.e. the worship of the calves; which all the kings of Israel kept up as a wall of partition between their subjects and those of Judah. Thus he shows that his religion was overruled by his interest and policy.
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...
MADE ISRAEL TO SIN. See note on 1 Kings 14:16....
_he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam_ The calf-worship was the token of Israel's separation from Judah, and had a political significance. Other kings beside Jeroboam would feel the danger of allowing...
III. ELISHA AND KING JEHORAM 3:1-22 Chapter three opens with the standardized introduction to the reign of Ahab's second son, Jehoram (2 Kings 3:1-3). The rest of the chapter is devoted to a descripti...
_AND HE WROUGHT EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; BUT NOT LIKE HIS FATHER, AND LIKE HIS MOTHER: FOR HE PUT AWAY THE IMAGE OF BAAL THAT HIS FATHER HAD MADE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
HE CLEAVED UNTO THE SINS OF JEROBOAM. — 1 Kings 12:28, _seq._, 1 Kings 16:2; 1 Kings 16:26. THEREFROM. — Heb., _from it_ (a collective feminine). So in...
רַ֠ק בְּ חַטֹּ֞אות יָרָבְעָ֧ם בֶּֽן ־נְבָ֛ט א
_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...
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...
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...
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the (b) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. (b) He sacrificed to the golden calves that Jeroboam had made....
The account of Jehoram is somewhat more favourable, than that of his father. He put away the image of Baal, it should seem, from his own house and family, but not out of Israel. What a strange thing t...
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...
NEVERTHELESS HE CLEAVED UNTO THE SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHICH MADE ISRAEL TO SIN,.... He closely adhered to the worship of the calves set up by him: HE DEPARTED NOT THEREFROM: that being...
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. Ver. 3. _Nevertheless he cleaved._] This partiality in reformation marreth all...
_He put away the image of Baal_ It was much that his mother, who had brought this worship with her from the Zidonians, should suffer him to remove this image; but she was probably a little daunted at...
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...
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom No matter what the original intention of the calf-statues had been, their worsh...
THE CAMPAIGN UNDERTAKEN...
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...
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,...
2 Kings 3:3 persisted H1692 (H8804) sins H2403 Jeroboam H3379 son H1121 Nebat H5028 Israel H3478 sin H2398 ...
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...
A. THE REIGN OF JEHORAM, KING OF ISRAEL, COMMENCES (2 KINGS 3:1). The introduction to the reign of Jehoram, king of Israel, follows the usual format, with the exception that he was an improvement reli...
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...
_Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign._ EVIL-THE SAME IN PRINCIPLE THOUGH NOT IN FORM Two subjects are here illustrated-- I. That whilst the forms of evil may change, the principle may contin...
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)....
THE REVOLT AND DEFEAT OF MOAB CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 3:1. JEHORAM, THE SON OF AHAB—See on chap. 2 Kings 1:17. The more distinctive name of this king, together with a helpful chronol...
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 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Kings 12:26; 1 Kings 12:28;...
The sins — The worship of the calves: which all the kings of Israel kept up as a wall of partition between their subjects and those of Judah. So that altho' he had a little religion, yet he had not en...