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2 Kings 3:2-12

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2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for 1he put away the sacred pillar of Baal 2which his father had made.
3 Nevertheless, 3he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 4which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.
4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and 5used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 * lambs and the wool of 100,000 * rams.
5 But 6when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
7 Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; 7I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
8 He said, "Which * way shall we go up?" And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
9 So 8the king of Israel went with 9the king of Judah and 10the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.
10 Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab."
11 But Jehoshaphat said, "11Is there not a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "12Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, 13who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah."
12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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2 Kings 3:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 3

This chapter gives the character of Jehoram king of Israel, 2Ki 3:1-3, relates the rebellion of the king of Moab against him, 2Ki 3:4,5, the war that he and his allies entered into on that account, 2Ki 3:6-9 the distress the combined army were in for want of water, their application upon this to Elisha, who promised them water, and they had it in a wonderful manner, 2Ki 3:10-20 and the chapter is concluded with the rout of the Moabites, and the barbarity of their king to his eldest son, 2Ki 3:21-27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 13

  • 1. Exodus 23:24; 2 Kin 10:18, 26-28
  • 2. 1 Kings 16:31, 32
  • 3. 1 Kings 12:28-32
  • 4. 1 Kings 14:9, 16
  • 5. 2 Samuel 8:2; Isaiah 16:1, 2
  • 6. 2 Kings 1:1
  • 7. 1 Kings 22:4
  • 8. 2 Kings 3:1
  • 9. 2 Kings 3:7
  • 10. 1 Kings 22:47
  • 11. 1 Kings 22:7
  • 12. 2 Kings 2:25
  • 13. 1 Kings 19:21; John 13:4, 5, 13, 14

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "in that day"
  • [b] Lit "said"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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