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2 Kings 3:5-15

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5 But 1when 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; 2I 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 3the king of Israel went with 4the king of Judah and 5the 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, "6Is 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, "7Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, 8who 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.
13 Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? 9Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab."
14 Elisha said, "10As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
15 "But now 11bring me a minstrel." And it came about, when the minstrel played, that 12the hand of the LORD came upon him.
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2 Kings 3:5-15 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 12

  • 1. 2 Kings 1:1
  • 2. 1 Kings 22:4
  • 3. 2 Kings 3:1
  • 4. 2 Kings 3:7
  • 5. 1 Kings 22:47
  • 6. 1 Kings 22:7
  • 7. 2 Kings 2:25
  • 8. 1 Kings 19:21; John 13:4, 5, 13, 14
  • 9. 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 22:6-11, 22-25
  • 10. 1 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 5:16
  • 11. 1 Samuel 16:23; 1 Chronicles 25:1
  • 12. 1 Kings 18:46; Ezekiel 1:3

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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