Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Kings 3:16
Ditches - Or “pits” Jeremiah 14:3. They were to dig pits in the broad valley or wady, wherein the water might remain, instead of flowing off down the torrent course.
Ditches - Or “pits” Jeremiah 14:3. They were to dig pits in the broad valley or wady, wherein the water might remain, instead of flowing off down the torrent course.
Verse 2 Kings 3:16. _MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES._] The word נחל _nachal_ may be translated _brook_, as it is by the _Vulgate_ and _Septuagint_. There probably was a _river_ here, but it was now...
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...
VALLEY. a dry watercourse. DITCHES. trenches. Hebrew ditches ditches. Figure of speech _Epizeuxi_. (App-6). full of....
_Make this valley full of ditches_ R.V. TRENCHES. The valley was a torrent bed which in the time of rain would become suddenly flooded with the water from the steep sides, and from the watershed above...
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 HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES._ Make this valley full of ditches, х_ `AASOH_ (H6213) _ HANACHAL_ (H5158) _ HAZEH_ (H2088) _ GEEBIYM _ (H1356) _ GEEBIYM_ (H1356)]...
3:16 ditches. (a-12) Or 'dykes.'...
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.'...
VALLEY] The Heb. means a ravine or water-course which was then dry—possibly the Wady el Ahsa. DITCHES] RV 'trenches'.: to retain the promised water for drinking purposes....
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...
MAKE. — Right (infinitive, equivalent to an energetic imperative). VALLEY. — _Nahal_, wady, torrent-bed, gully. According to Thenius, “the brook Zered” of Deuteronomy 2:13 is meant; the present _Wady...
וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה עָשֹׂ֛ה 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...
_Ditches. It was then quite dry; the water which should come in the night, would both refresh the army, and bring on the ruin of the Moabites._...
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 HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES. In which the allied army lay encamped, that they might be ready to receive large quantities of water, sufficient for the whole army...
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. Ver. 16. _Make this valley full of ditches,_] Heb., Ditches, ditches, _sc., _ to receive the water which shall fall by a miracle. T...
_Make this valley full of ditches_ Which may receive the water and retain it, for the use of men and beasts. They that expect God's blessings, must prepare room for them. _Ye shall not see wind_ Any o...
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 he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches, with cisterns for holding an abundance of water....
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...
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...
Which may receive the water, and hold it for the use of men and beasts....
2 Kings 3:16 said H559 (H8799) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Make H6213 (H8800) valley H5158 ditches...
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...
_Make this valley full of ditches._ PREPARATION FOR REVIVAL In this story there were no less than three powerful kings, surrounded by numerous hosts of valiant men, marching forth, as they supposed,...
_And Elisha said unto the King of Israel, What have I to do with thee _ ASPECTS OF A GODLY MAN Elisha was confessedly a godly man of a high type, and these verses reveal him to us in three aspects:-...
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 3:15 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
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...
2 Kings 4:3; Numbers 2:16; Numbers 2:18...