2 Kings 3:1-7

Jehoram Meets Moab Rebellion

1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria ¹in the eighteenth * year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve * years.

2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for ²he put away the sacred pillar of Baal ³which his father had made.

3 Nevertheless, ⁴he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ⁵which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and ⁶used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 * lambs and the wool of 100,000 * rams.

5 But ⁷when 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; ⁸I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

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2 Kings 3:1-7 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

Cross References 8

1. 2 Kings 1:17
2. Exodus 23:24; 2 Kin 10:18, 26-28
3. 1 Kings 16:31, 32
4. 1 Kings 12:28-32
5. 1 Kings 14:9, 16
6. 2 Samuel 8:2; Isaiah 16:1, 2
7. 2 Kings 1:1
8. 1 Kings 22:4

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "in that day"