John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:22
And they rose up early in the morning ,.... To watch the motions of their enemies, and be upon their guard against them: and the sun shone upon the water ; with which the valley was filled: and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood ; so it appeared through the rays of the sun reflected on it. read more
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