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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:15

Bring me a minstrel - A person who played on the harp. The rabbins, and many Christians, suppose that Elisha's mind was considerably irritated and grieved by the bad behavior of the young men at Beth-el, and their tragical end, and by the presence of the idolatrous king of Israel; and therefore called for Divine psalmody, that it might calm his spirits, and render him more susceptible of the prophetic influence. To be able to discern the voice of God, and the operation of his hand, it... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 dry; and the prophet desires that they would enlarge the channel, and cut out various canals from it, and reservoirs, where water might be collected for the refreshment of the army and of the cattle; and these were to be made so wide that the reflection of the sun's rays from this water might be the means of... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:17

Ye shall not see wind - There shall be no wind to collect vapours, and there shall be no showers, and yet the whole bed of this river, and all the new made canals, shall be filled with water. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:19

Shall fell every good tree - Every tree by which your enemies may serve themselves for fortifications, etc. But surely fruit trees are not intended here; for this was positively against the law of God, Deuteronomy 20:19 , Deuteronomy 20:20 ; : "When thou shalt besiege a city - thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof - for the tree of the field is man's life - only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down." Stop all ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1-27

THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF JEHORAM 'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL ; HIS WAR WITH MOAB . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:4-27

THE WAR WITH MOAB . The historian goes back to the origin of the war. He had already, in 2 Kings 1:1 , mentioned the revolt of Moab at the death of Ahab; but he now recalls his readers' attention to the fact, and to some extent explains it and accounts for it. Moab had been treated oppressively—had been forced to pay an extraordinarily heavy tribute—and was in a certain sense driven into rebellion ( 2 Kings 1:4 , 2 Kings 1:5 ). Jehoram, when he came to the kingdom, determined to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:9-20

Man's extremity is God's opportunity. This expedition, begun without consulting God, soon landed the allies in dire straits. I. THE STRAITS OF THE ARMY . 1. The failure of water . The host must have been a large one, and they had much cattle with them for sustenance. For some reason, the journey occupied seven days, and the desert was waterless. They were in the same distress that the Israelites were in centuries before under Moses ( Exodus 17:1-3 ; Numbers 20:1-5 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:13

And Elisha said unto the King of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. Despite Jehoram's self-humiliation, Elisha regards it as incumbent on him to rebuke the monarch, who, though he had "put away the image of Baal which his father had made," still "wrought evil in the sight of the Lord," and "cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat" ( 2 Kings 2:2 , 2 Kings 2:3 ). Jehoram must not be allowed to suppose... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:13-15

Elisha and the minstrel. When the kings come down to see him, at first Elisha is filled with just indignation. He rebukes the King of Israel for his godlessness, and says, "What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother." And then, when Jehoram repeats his profanity of throwing the blame upon God, Elisha protests that, but for the presence of Jehoshaphat King of Judah, he would have nothing more to do with him. But he has God's people... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:13-19

The servant of God in the presence of the great of the earth. Three lessons may be learnt from the conduct of Elisha before the confederate kings. I. A LESSON OF ZEAL FOR GOD . Elisha does not allow himself to be abashed by the earthly grandeur and dignity of his visitors, or to be rendered yielding and complaisant by the compliment which they have paid him in seeking him out, instead of summoning him to their presence. As the servant and minister of God, he is always in a... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:4-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:9-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:13-19

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