And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side [as] red as blood:
Ver. 22. And the Moabites saw the water … as red as blood.] So they seemed to be, by reason of the sunbeams, which met with the vapours that arose out of the waters, and could not dispel them.
Verse 2 Kings 3:22. _SAW THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE_ AS _RED AS BLOOD_] This might have been an optical deception; I have seen the like sight when there was no reason to suspect supernatural agency....
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...
RED AS BLOOD. Implied as owing to the action of the sun. Equally. miracle....
_they rose up early in the morning_ When the rays of the sun would be shining obliquely on the water, and would cause it to have an unusual colour. _the water on the other side_ R.V. OVER AGAINST THE...
The Moabites attack the allied armies, but are defeated. The king of Moab sacrifices his eldest son (Not in Chronicles)...
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 THEY ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THE SUN SHONE UPON THE WATER, AND THE MOABITES SAW THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE AS RED AS BLOOD:_ 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.'...
As RED AS BLOOD] Coloured by the red soil of Edom (Edom meaning 'red'), or reflecting the red tints of the morning sky....
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...
THEY ROSE UP EARLY. — The Moabite camp on the frontier mountains. AND THE SUN SHONE UPON THE WATER. — A parenthesis (_now the sun had risen upon the water_). The red sunrise tinged the water with the...
וַ יַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַ † בֹּ֔קֶר וְ הַ...
_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...
Blood. The clouds have frequently a reddish colour at sun-rise, which would be reflected in the waters: the sand might also be red. As the Moabites knew that no water could be expected there at that s...
No doubt the Lord overruled the minds of the Moabites to this delusion, in supposing what they beheld of the water to be blood. And indeed as they knew no rain had fallen, such an idea was not, altoge...
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 THEY ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING,.... To watch the motions of their enemies, and be upon their guard against them: AND THE SUN SHONE UPON THE WATER; with which the valley was filled: AND THE MO...
_The sun shone upon the water_, &c. They stood in such a situation, when they looked at the water, that those rays of the sun which gave a red colour, were reflected from the water to their eyes; or t...
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 they rose up early in the morning, on the day when the Lord sent down the water from the mountains of Edom, AND THE SUN SHONE UPON THE WATER, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as re...
THE DEFEAT OF MOAB...
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...
Because of the morning sun, which meeting with the vapours that arose from the earth, and shining through them upon the water, gave it a reddish tincture. God also so ordered things, that their senses...
2 Kings 3:22 early H7925 (H8686) morning H1242 sun H8121 shining H2224 (H8804) water H4325 Moabites...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 3:23. THIS IS BLOOD—For the rancour between the kings of Israel and Judah was well known; hence the Moabites supposed they had slaughtered each other in some q...
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...