Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
2 Kings 3:5
But. — And.
When. — So some MSS. The ordinary text has, “about the time of Ahab’s death” (ke for be).
Rebelled — i.e., refused payment of the annual tribute.
But. — And.
When. — So some MSS. The ordinary text has, “about the time of Ahab’s death” (ke for be).
Rebelled — i.e., refused payment of the annual tribute.
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...
AHAB WAS DEAD. Compare 2 Kings 1:1. He and his son Ahaziah both died in the same year (800 B. C). See App-50....
_when Ahab was dead_ The sickness of Ahaziah had no doubt prevented him from taking any step during his brief reign to suppress the revolt of Moab. It is probable that during Ahaziah's time all those...
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...
_BUT IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN AHAB WAS DEAD, THAT THE KING OF MOAB REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ISRAEL._ King of Moab rebelled. This is a repetition of 2 Kings 1:1, in order to introduce an account of t...
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...
וַ יְהִ֖י כְּ מֹ֣ות אַחְאָ֑ב וַ יִּפְשַׁ֥ע
_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...
The rebellion of Moab became the cause of the renewal of the war. The Reader may perhaps not immediately be able to reconcile the idea of a king connected with that of a sheep-master in the same perso...
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...
BUT IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN AHAB WAS DEAD, THAT THE KING OF MOAB REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ISRAEL. Who then was Ahaziah; but either through the pusillanimity of his temper, or the sickness that atten...
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. Ver. 5. _When Ahab was dead._] _Elephanti mortuo vel mus insultat._ But besides the death of Ahab,...
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...
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel, as noted above, 2 Kings 1:1....
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,...
See of this 2 KINGS 1:1. It is here repeated to make way for the following story. Ahaziah did not attempt the recovery of Moab, either because he was a man of a low spirit and courage; or because his...
2 Kings 3:5 Ahab H256 died H4194 king H4428 Moab H4124 rebelled H6586 (H8799) king H4428 Israel H3478...
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...
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...
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 3:4 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 ...
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 Chronicles 21:8; 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 8:20...