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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1-27

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:2

And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord —as did every other king of Israel both before him ( 1 Kings 14:16 ; 1 Kings 15:25 , 1 Kings 15:34 ; 1 Kings 16:13 , 1 Kings 16:19 , 1 Kings 16:25 , 1 Kings 16:30 ; 1 Kings 22:52 ) and after him ( 2 Kings 8:27 ; 2 Kings 10:31 ; 2 Kings 13:2 , 2 Kings 13:11 ; 2 Kings 14:24 ; 2 Kings 15:9 , 2 Kings 15:18 , 2 Kings 15:24 , 2 Kings 15:28 ; 2 Kings 17:2 )— but not like his father, and like his mother — i.e. Ahab... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:3

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ; he departed not there from. The maintenance of the calf-worship was, no doubt, viewed as a political necessity. If the two sanctuaries at Dan and Bethel had been shut up, the images broken, and the calf-worship brought to an end, there would, as a matter of course, have been a general flocking of the more religious among the people to the great sanctuary of Jehovah at Jerusalem; and this adoption... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 3:1

In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat - This date agrees exactly with the statements that Jehoshaphat began to reign in the fourth year of Ahab 1 Kings 22:41, and Ahaziah in the 17th year of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22:51. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 3:2

On the “evil” done by Ahab, see especially 1 Kings 16:30-34. Jehoram, warned by the fate of his brother (2 Kings 1:4 note), began his reign by a formal abolition of the Phoenician state religion introduced by Ahab - even if he connived at its continuance among the people 2 Kings 10:26-27; and by a re-establishment of the old worship of the kingdom as arranged by Jeroboam. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 3:2-3

2 Kings 3:2-3. 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 the many disasters which had befallen their family, and was contented with worshipping Baal in private. Nevertheless, he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam Though he put away the image and worship of Baal, resolving to worship Jehovah only, yet he continued to worship him under... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1-27

Elisha helps in the defeat of Moab (3:1-27)Joram (or Jehoram) succeeded his brother Ahaziah in Israel. He was not as bad as his father Ahab, and at least showed some displeasure with Baal worship by removing a sacred pillar that his father had built (3:1-3).After Ahab’s death, Moab had revolted against Israelite rule and refused to pay tribute, but Ahaziah did nothing about it (see 1:1). Joram tried to recover this valuable source of income by a military attack in which he had the support of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 3:2

evil = the evil. Hebrew. ra a. App-44 . his mother. Jezebel, who lived through the whole of his reign (2 Kings 9:30 ). image = pillar, or statue (which Ahab had made. Compare 2 Kings 10:18 ). 1 Kings 19:18 . Others remained (2 Kings 10:26 , 2 Kings 10:27 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 3:3

made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:1

THE "THREE KINGS" AT WAR AGAINST MOABThe Moabite Stone (discovered in 1868) has a parallel account of events in this chapter from the viewpoint of Mesha (2 Kings 3:4), the Moabite king who authored the inscription on that stone. Dentan said of this stone that, "It is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time (it may be seen in the Louvre in Paris) and provides interesting confirmation of the situation presupposed by this chapter."[1] This writer prefers the viewpoint that this... read more