2 Kings 3:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. ”

2 Kings 3:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And this is [but] a (m) light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. (m) He will not only miraculously give you waters, but your enemies also into your han...
2 Kings 3:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Jehoram. War with Moab. The only two kings of Israel on whom the censure pronounced is in any way qualified are Jehoram, the last of the house of Omri, and Hoshea ( 2 Kings 17:2 ), the las...
2 Kings 3:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
2 Kings 3:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Kings 3:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehoram and Elisha. Victory over Moab 1. The eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat ] according to 2 Kings 1:17 , 'in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat.'
2 Kings 3:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is but a light thing. — Will be a light thing ( 1 Kings 16:31 ). He will deliver the Moabites. — The contrary of Jehoram’s expectation ( 2 Kings 3:10 ; 2 Kings 3:13 ).
2 Kings 3:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE INVASION OF MOAB 2 Kings 3:4-27 "What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not, what resolution from despair." -MILTON, "Paradise Lost, " 1:190 AHAZIAH, as Elijah had warned him, nev...
2 Kings 3:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mesha's Defeat and Desperate Sacrifice 2 Kings 3:13-27 Jehoshaphat, though erring, was still God's child, and deliverance came to him. The heights of our senseless folly and the depths of our w...
2 Kings 3:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point the history goes back and describes the beginning of the war with Moab, to which reference was made at the opening of the book. It was a combined movement of Israel and Judah and Edom a...
2 Kings 3:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pray the Reader to mark with me the astonishing goodness of the Lord. Surely here, in an eminent degree, that scripture was fulfilled, Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20 ....
2 Kings 3:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord ,.... To give them such a plenty of water in such an extraordinary manner: he would do for them what was greater, not only save them from falli...
2 Kings 3:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. Ver. 18. And this is but a light thing. ] A great thing it was in itself considered - el...
2 Kings 3:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord But a small favour in comparison of what he intends to do for you, for Jehoshaphat's sake. He will give you more than you expect or ask. For they...
2 Kings 3:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEHORAM, JEHOSHAPHAT AND MOAB (vv.1-27) Jehoram, Ahab's son, reigned, over Israel 12 years and followed the sinful example of Jereboam, though not doing so wickedly as Ahab, for he got rid of th...
2 Kings 3:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. B. C. 895. 6 And king Jehoram went out...
2 Kings 3:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is but a small favour in comparison of what he intends to you for Jehoshaphat's sake. He will give you more than you ask or expect. For they were so weakened and discouraged with the great droug...
2 Kings 3:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1). The Reign of Jehoram king of Israel c. 852-841 BC: War With Moab ( 2 Kings 3:1-27 ). The interlude of Elisha's succession to Elijah having taken place in preparation for the future, the narrat...
2 Kings 3:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 p...
2 Kings 3:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:1 . Jehoram began to reign the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat. There is a small difficulty here in regard to the chronology of those times. It is said that Ahaziah began to reign the sev...
2 Kings 3:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 3:1-12 THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF JEHORAM 'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL ; HIS WAR WITH MOAB . 2 Kings 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over...
2 Kings 3:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Miracle in the Wilderness
2 Kings 3:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:31 ; 1 Kings 20:13 ; 1 Kings 20:28 ; 1 Kings 3:13 ; 2 Kings 20:10 ; Ephesians 3:20 ; Ezekiel 8:17 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 7:13 ; Isaiah 7:1-9 ; Jeremiah 32:17 ; Jeremiah 32:27 ;...

2 Kings 3:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 3:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 3:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 3:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 3:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 3:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 3:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 3:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 3:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge