They were so highly confident, that they send no scouts, but march thither with their whole army, and that in great disorder; wherein there was also a Divine hand, strengthening them in their mistakes, and hardening them to their destruction. read more
They pursued them to their own country, and entered it with and after them; the passes, which before the Moabites defended, being now open for them. read more
Cast every man his stone: the stones which haply had been with great care and pains picked out of the land, and laid in heaps after the manner, they dispersed again, and slew the people, who should have cleansed them again. Kir-haraseth was the royal and strongest city of the Moabites, Isaiah 16:7,Isaiah 16:11, into which the remnant of the Moabites were gathered, where also their king was with them. The stones thereof: the walls and buildings of this city only were left; other cities, and in a... read more
That being unable to defend the city longer, he might make an escape; which he chose to do on the king of Edom’s quarter, because he thought either that his was the weakest side, or that he would more willingly suffer him to escape, because he was not so hearty in the war as the rest, but only forced to it, and he might hereafter have some occasion of the king of Moab to join with him, as before he had, 2 Chronicles 20:22. read more
His eldest son; either, first, The king of Edom’s son; whom in this eruption he took, and then sacrificed. Compare Amos 2:1. But, first, That place speaks of the king, not of the king’s son; and of the burning of his bones, not of the offering of a living man for a burnt-offering. Secondly, This would not have made the besiegers to raise their siege, but to have followed it more warmly to revenge so barbarous an action. Thirdly, The following clause, that should have reigned in his stead,... read more
THE REVOLT AND DEFEAT OF MOABCRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 3:1. Jehoram, the son of Ahab—See on chap. 2 Kings 1:17. The more distinctive name of this king, together with a helpful chronological statement, will be found in chap. 2 Kings 8:16. In character and conduct he was only comparatively better than his parents: bad, but not so bad as they. 2 Kings 3:2. He put away the image of Baal—There were “images” (chap. 2 Kings 10:26) in the house of Baal, which Ahab erected (1 Kings 16:32)... read more
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 3:4. An annual tribute on Moab—The custom is common in the East to pay custom or taxes with the products of the land. For a Moabitish king, with rich pastures in his own territory, and also in the Arabian wilderness, this was but a small tribute to pay. 2 Kings 3:6-7. Confederation of Jehoram and Jehoshaphat—This was effected “at the same time” (2 Kings 3:6) as Jehoram began his reign and Moab rebelled; and the confederation was with the design of... read more
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 3:23. This is blood—For the rancour between the kings of Israel and Judah was well known; hence the Moabites supposed they had slaughtered each other in some quarrel on their march. Thus deluded by the sight of the water—reddened by the sun’s rays, or with the colour of the earth into which they had dug (2 Kings 3:16), the Moabites hastened. unprepared, into the hands of their foes. 2 Kings 3:25. קּיר הֲרָשֶׂת—Called Kir Moab (Isaiah 15:1). It was the... read more
2 Kings 3:15 On this occasion Elisha was ruffled or heated; and he felt that he was in no fit frame to receive Divine communications and impressions. The angry heart shuts out the gracious Spirit of God. So the prophet felt he must be soothed, and he called for a minstrel to play before him. The gentle strains calmed nerves and heart, soul and spirit, and he was able to receive God's message and explain it to others. I. This story teaches us that it is fit we seek by natural means to soothe and... read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 3:22
Because of the morning sun, which meeting with the vapours that arose from the earth, and shining through them upon the water, gave it a reddish tincture. God also so ordered things, that their senses and fancies were disturbed, or the air so disposed, that it might seem of this colour. And they might more easily mistake this for blood, because they knew that that ground was generally dry, and without any trenches or streams of water, now especially in this dry season, there being no noise of... read more