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3:1 In the eighteenth <06240> <08083> year <08141> of King <04428> Jehoshaphat’s <03092> reign over Judah <03063>, Ahab’s <0256> son <01121> Jehoram <03088> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111>; he ruled <04427> for twelve <06240> <08147> years <08141>. 3:2 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, but <07535> not <03808> to the same degree as his father <01> and mother <0517>. He did remove <05493> the sacred pillar <04676> of Baal <01168> that <0834> his father <01> had made <06213>. 3:3 Yet <07535> he persisted <01692> in the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, who <0834> encouraged <02398> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; he did not <03808> turn <05493> from <04480> them. 3:4 Now King <04428> Mesha <04338> of Moab <04124> was <01961> a sheep breeder <05349>. He would send as tribute <07725> to the king <04428> of Israel <03478> 100,000 <0505> <03967> male lambs <03733> and the wool <06785> of 100,000 <0505> <03967> rams <0352>. 3:5 When <01961> Ahab <0256> died <04194>, the king <04428> of Moab <04124> rebelled <06586> against the king <04428> of Israel <03478>. 3:6 At that <01931> time <03117> King <04428> Jehoram <03088> left <03318> Samaria <08111> and assembled <06485> all <03605> Israel <03478> for war. 3:7 He sent <07971> this message to <0413> King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063>: “The king <04428> of Moab <04124> has rebelled against <06586> me. Will you fight <04421> with <0854> me against <0413> Moab <04124>?” Jehoshaphat replied <0559>, “I will join <05927> you in the campaign; my army <05971> and horses <05483> are at your disposal.” 3:8 He then asked <0559>, “Which <0335> invasion route <01870> are we going to take <05927>?” Jehoram answered <0559>, “By the road <01870> through the Desert <04057> of Edom <0123>.” 3:9 So <01980> the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>, Judah <03063>, and Edom <0123> set out together. They wandered around <05437> on the road <01870> for seven <07651> days <03117> and finally ran out <01961> <03808> of water <04325> for the men <04264> and animals <0929> they had with them. 3:10 The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, “Oh <0162> no! Certainly <03588> the Lord <03069> has summoned <07121> these <0428> three <07969> kings <04428> so that he can hand <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to the king of Moab <04124>!” 3:11 Jehoshaphat <03092> asked <0559>, “Is there no <0369> prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068> here <06311> that we might seek <01875> the Lord’s <03068> direction <06030>?” One <0259> of the servants <05650> of the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <0559>, “Elisha <0477> son <01121> of Shapat <08202> is here <06311>; he used to be Elijah’s <0452> servant.” 3:12 Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> speaks through <0854> him.” So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> and the king <04428> of Edom <0123> went down <03381> to visit <0413> him. 3:13 Elisha <0477> said <0559> to <0413> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, “Why <04100> are you here? Go <01980> to <0413> your father’s <01> prophets <05030> or your mother’s <0517> prophets <05030>!” The king <04428> of Israel <03478> replied <0559> to him, “No <0408>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> is the one who summoned <07121> these <0428> three <07969> kings <04428> so that he can hand <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to Moab <04124>.” 3:14 Elisha <0477> said <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> lives <02416> (whom <0834> I serve <06440> <05975>), if <03588> I did not <03884> respect <05375> King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063>, I <0589> would not <0518> pay attention <05027> to <0413> you or <0518> acknowledge <07200> you. 3:15 But now <06258>, get <03947> me a musician <05059>.” When the musician <05059> played <05059>, the Lord <03068> energized <03027> <05921> him, 3:16 and he said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘Make <06213> many <01356> cisterns <01356> in this <02088> valley <05158>,’ 3:17 for <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘You will not <03808> feel <07200> any wind <07307> or <03808> see <07200> any rain <01653>, but this valley <05158> will be full <04390> of water <04325> and you <0859> and your cattle <04735> and animals <0929> will drink <08354>.’ 3:18 This <02063> is an easy task <07043> for the Lord <03068>; he will also hand <05414> Moab <04124> over <05414> to you. 3:19 You will defeat <05221> every <03605> fortified <04013> city <05892> and every <03605> important <04004> city <05892>. You must chop down <05307> every <03605> productive <02896> tree <06086>, stop up <05640> all <03605> the springs <04325> <04599>, and cover <03510> all <03605> the cultivated <02896> land <02513> with stones <068>.” 3:20 Sure enough, the next <05927> morning <01242>, at the time of the morning sacrifice <04503>, water <04325> came <0935> flowing down <01870> from Edom <0123> and filled <04390> the land <0776>. 3:21 Now all <03605> Moab <04124> had heard <08085> that <03588> the kings <04428> were attacking <03898> <05927>, so everyone <03605> old enough <04605> to fight <02290> <02296> was mustered <06817> and placed <05975> at <05921> the border <01366>. 3:22 When they got up early <07925> the next morning <01242>, the sun <08121> was shining <02224> on <05921> the water <04325>. To the Moabites <04124>, who were some distance <05048> away, the water <04325> looked red <0122> like blood <01818>.

• 2Ki 3:1-27 -- Moab Fights with Israel

• Zoar

  [ebd] small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred to by the prophets Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah ...
  

• Stone

  [ebd] Stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of important events (Gen. 28:18; Josh. 24:26, 27; 1 Sam. 7:12, etc.). They were gathered out of cultivated fields (Isa. 5:2; comp. 2 Kings 3:19). This word is also u...
  

• Omri

  [ebd] servant of Jehovah. When Elah was murdered by Zimri at Tirzah (1 Kings 16:15-27), Omri, his captain, was made king (B.C. 931). For four years there was continued opposition to his reign, Tibni, another claimant to the throne...
  

• MOABITE STONE

  [ebd] a basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Klein, a German missionary at Jerusalem, in 1868. It was 3 1/2 feet high and 2 in breadth and in thickness, rounded at the top. It consis...
  [isbe] MOABITE STONE - A monument erected at Dibon (Dhiban) by Mesha, king of Moab (2 Ki 3:4,5), to commemorate his successful revolt from Israel and his conquest of Israelite territory. It was discovered, August 19, 1868, by a Ger...
  

• MINSTREL

  [ebd] (Matt. 9:23), a flute-player. Such music was a usual accompaniment of funerals. In 2 Kings 3:15 it denotes a player on a stringed instrument.
  [smith] The Hebrew word in (2 Kings 3:15) properly signifies a player upon a stringed instruments like the harp or kinnor [HARP], whatever its precise character may have been, on which David played before Saul, (1 Samuel 16:16;...
  

• Kir-haraseth

  [ebd] built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and 10 miles from the Dead Sea; called also Kir-haresh, Kir-hareseth, Kir-heres (Isa. 16...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [ebd] Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under David and Solomon (2...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah judges.) King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in (1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 8:16) ...
  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• JEHORAM; JORAM

  [isbe] JEHORAM; JORAM - je-ho'-ram, written also in the abbreviated form, (yehoram, yoram, "Yahweh is high"; the Revised Version (British and American) retains "Joram" for Hebrew yehoram in 2 Ki 9:15-24): (1) Ninth king of Israel (...
  

• JEHORAM

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah B.C. 896, and died B.C. 884. The alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, commenced by his father and Jehoshaphat, was very ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Idol

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. aven, "nothingness;" "vanity" (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.). (2.) 'Elil, "a thing of naught" (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of the gods of Noph (Ezek. 30...
  

• ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF - || I. THE FIRST PERIOD 1. The Two Kingdoms 2. The Ist Dynasty 3. The IInd Dynasty 4. Civil War II. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS 1. The IIIrd Dynasty 2. World-Politics 3. Battle of Karkar 4. Loss of Territor...
  [smith] I. the kingdom. --The prophet Ahijah of Shiloh, who was commissioned in the latter days of Solomon to announce the division of the kingdom, left one tribe (Judah) to the house of David, and assigned ten to Jeroboam. (1 Kin...
  

• Horse

  [ebd] always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, acco...
  

• Girdle

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. 'ezor, something "bound," worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Jer. 13:1), soldiers (Isa....
  

• DEAD SEA, THE

  [isbe] DEAD SEA, THE - || I. PRESENT AREA II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT III. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMES IV. CONSTITUTION OF THE WATER V. CLIMATE VI. ROADS VII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 1. The Plain of the Jordan 2. Ain Jidi ...
  

• Colour

  [ebd] The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18), horses (Zech. 1:8), raiment...
  

• CHEMOSH

  [ebd] the destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num. 21:29; Jer. 48:7, 13, 46). The worship of this god, "the abomination of Moab," was introduced at Jerusalem by Solomon (1 Kings 11:7), but was abolished by Jo...
  [isbe] CHEMOSH - ke'-mosh (kemosh; Chamos): 1. Moabites, the People of Chemosh 2. Solomon and Chemosh Worship 3. Josiah Putting Down Chemosh Worship 4. Chemosh and Ammonites 5. Moabite Stone 6. Mesha's Inscription and the Old Testa...
  

• Assyria

  [ebd] the name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was originally a colony from Babylonia, and was ruled by viceroys from that kingdom. It was a mountainous region lying to the north of...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• Ahaziah

  [ebd] held by Jehovah. (1.) The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his mother Jezebel, and imitated in wickedness the ways of his father. In his reign the Moabites revolted from under his authority (2 Kings 3:5...
  

• Moab Revolts

  

• Who Were the Moabites?
  They were the descendants of Lot and were neighbors of the Amorites on the opposite side of the River Arnon (Num. 21:13). They were governed by kings and possessed many great cities (Num. 21:28-30; Is. 15:1; Num. 23:7). They ...

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