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

“ Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. ”

2 Kings 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the (b) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. (b) He sacrificed to the golden calves that Jeroboam had made.
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16 .
2 Kings 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam. — 1 Kings 12:28 , seq. , 1 Kings 16:2 ; 1 Kings 16:26 . Therefrom. — Heb., from it (a collective feminine). So in 2 Kings 13:2 ; 2 Kings 13:6 ; 2 K...
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

an Unwise Alliance 2 Kings 3:1-12 Jehoram's reign over the ten tribes was marked by some measures of reform. He discountenanced Baal worship; though, in defiance of the Second Commandment, he c...
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The account of Jehoram is somewhat more favourable, than that of his father. He put away the image of Baal, it should seem, from his own house and family, but not out of Israel. What a strange thing...
2 Kings 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ,.... He closely adhered to the worship of the calves set up by him: he departed not therefrom : that b...
2 Kings 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. Ver. 3. Nevertheless he cleaved. ] This partiality in reformation marreth a...
2 Kings 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He put away the image of Baal It was much that his mother, who had brought this worship with her from the Zidonians, should suffer him to remove this image; but she was probably a little daunted at...
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Jehoram. B. C. 895. 1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israe...
2 Kings 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sins of Jeroboam, i.e. the worship of the calves; which all the kings of Israel kept up as a wall of partition between their subjects and those of Judah. Thus he shows that his religion was ove...
2 Kings 3:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A. The Reign of Jehoram, King Of Israel, Commences ( 2 Kings 3:1-3 ). The introduction to the reign of Jehoram, king of Israel, follows the usual format, with the exception that he was an improvem...
2 Kings 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REVOLT AND DEFEAT OF MOAB CRITICAL 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 helpf...
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign. Evil-the same in principle though not in form Two subjects are here illustrated-- I. That whilst the forms of evil may change, the principle may c...
2 Kings 3:3 - 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 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Campaign Undertaken
2 Kings 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:19 ; 1 Corinthians 1:20 ; 1 Kings 12:26-28 ; 1 Kings 12:28-33 ; 1 Kings 13:33 ; 1 Kings 14:16 ; 1 Kings 15:26 ; 1 Kings 15:34 ; 1 Kings 16:31 ; 2 Kings 10:20-31 ; 2 Kings 1...
2 Kings 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The sins — The worship of the calves: which all the kings of Israel kept up as a wall of partition between their subjects and those of Judah. So that altho' he had a little religion, yet he had not...

2 Kings 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

2 Kings 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Kings 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Kings 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Kings 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes