2 Kings 3:1-27 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1-5

Jehoram, the son of Ahab, and brother of Ahaziah, is here upon the throne of Israel; and, though he was but a bad man, yet two commendable things are here recorded of him:? I. That he removed his father's idols. He did evil in many things, but not like his father Ahab or his mother Jezebel, 2 Kgs. 3:2. Bad he was, but not so bad, so overmuch wicked, as Solomon speaks, Eccl. 7:17. Perhaps Jehoshaphat, though by his alliance with the house of Ahab he made his own family worse, did something... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 3:6-19

Jehoram has no sooner got the sceptre into his hand than he takes the sword into his hand, to reduce Moab. Crowns bring great cares and perils to the heads that wear them; no sooner in honour than in war. Now here we have, I. The concerting of this expedition between Jehoram king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah. Jehoram levied an army (2 Kgs. 3:6), and such an opinion he had of the godly king of Judah that, 1. He courted him to be his confederate: Wilt thou go with me against Moab? And... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 3:20-27

I. We have here the divine gift of both those things which God had promised by Elisha?water and victory, and the former not only a pledge of the latter, but a means of it. God, who created, and commands, all the waters, both above and beneath the firmament, sent them an abundance of water on a sudden, which did them double service. 1. It relieved their armies, which were ready to perish, 2 Kgs. 3:20. And, which was very observable, this relief came just at the time of the offering of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ,.... So that the two years of the reign of his brother Ahaziah were not complete, only part of the seventeenth and part of the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat, since he began to reign in his seventeenth year, at the beginning of that, and died towards the close of the eighteenth, when Jehoram succeeded him, see 1 Kings 22:51 , and reigned twelve years. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:2

And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord ,.... Was guilty of idolatry: but not like his father, and like his mother ; his father Ahab, and his mother Jezebel: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made ; he did not destroy it, only removed it from the temple of Baal where it was set, that it might not be worshipped, at least publicly, see 1 Kings 16:31 this he did, either moved to it by his own conscience, observing the sudden deaths of his father and brother,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:3

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ,.... He closely adhered to the worship of the calves set up by him: he departed not therefrom : that being a piece of state policy, to keep up the division of the two kingdoms. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:4

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master ,.... With which his country abounded; he kept great numbers of them, and shepherds to take care of them; he traded in them, and got great riches by them; his substance chiefly consisted in them: and rendered unto the king of Israel : either as a present, or as an annual tribute: an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool ; that is, upon them, unshorn, and so the more valuable; and it was usual for tributary... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:5

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 attended him, or the shortness of his reign, he took no steps to the reduction of him, or to oblige him to pay his tribute, which he neglected to do, and is meant by his rebellion. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:6

And King Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time , As soon as he came to the throne: and numbered all Israel ; who were fit to bear arms, got them together at some certain place, and mustered them, and prepared for a war with Moab, to reduce them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:7

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, the king of Moab hath rebelled against me ,.... By refusing to pay him tribute: wilt thou go up with me against Moab to battle? and he said, I will go up ; which he agreed to, partly to encourage in the reformation of religion which he had begun, and partly to chastise the Moabites for their invasion of his country, 2 Chronicles 20:1 . I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses ; the same... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 3:6-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 3:20-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:7

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