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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:21-25

God's enemies rewarded after their deserving. Whether or no the Moabites were, humanly speaking, justified in their attempt to shake off the Israelitish yoke, and re-establish their independence, at any rate they were, as a nation, distinctly hostile to Jehovah and his laws, and must be counted as among God's enemies. Their Chemosh cannot be reckoned as an adumbration of the true God; he is rather an adumbration of the evil and malignant spirit. A people that delights in human sacrifice, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 3:22

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. The red hue of the water is ascribed by Ewald to "the red tinge of the soil" in the part of Edom where the rain had fallen; by Keil, to "the reddish earth of the freshly dug trenches," or pits; but the only cause of the redness mentioned either in Kings or in Josephus is the ruddy hue of the sunrise. A ruddy sunrise is common in the East, more especially... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 3:21

And stood in the border - On the north side of the wady, ready to defend their territory. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 3:21

2 Kings 3:21 . All that were able to put on armour and upward That is, from youths, that were but just able to put on armour, to those that were far advanced in life; so that none were exempted. And stood in the border Of their country, intending to defend themselves, but not to march out of their country to give the enemy battle. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 3:22-23

2 Kings 3:22-23. 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 the light of the morning sun shining upon the water, through the vapours that arose from the earth, gave it a reddish appearance; so that they imagined it to be blood, which they were the more inclined to suppose, because they knew very well there was no water there before. ... 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 3:21

put on armour. Hebrew gird a girdle. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 3:22

red as blood. Implied as owing to the action of the sun. Equally a miracle. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 3:21

THE DEFEAT OF THE MOABITES BY THE COALITION"Now when the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border. And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood: and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 3:1-27

God’s victory over the Moabites ch. 3Even though Jehoram was better spiritually than Ahab (2 Kings 3:2), he was still so much of an idolater that Elisha had no use for him (2 Kings 3:13-14).Mesha had rebelled against Israel earlier (2 Kings 3:3), but he continued to do so. This uprising led to the alliance and battle the writer described in this chapter. Jehoram evidently sought an alliance with Jehoshaphat because he wanted to cross Judean territory to get to Moab. [Note: Stigers, p. 343.] The... read more