2 Kings 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. ”

2 Kings 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moab, the region immediately east of the Dead Sea and of the lower Jordan, though in part suited for agriculture, is in the main a great grazing country. Mesha resembled a modern Arab Sheikh, whose...
2 Kings 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (c) Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. (c) This was done after David had made the...
2 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Meslia. See App-54 on "the Moabite stone".
2 Kings 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. Was a sheepmaster - The original is נקד naked, o...
2 Kings 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

An hundred thousand lambs, &c.— Though this is a very large number, we are to consider that these countries abounded with sheep, insomuch that Solomon offered a hundred and twenty thousand at t...
2 Kings 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, х...
2 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The revolt of Moab, continued from 2 Kings 1:1 . Ahaziah did not reign two full years, and his accident seems to have prevented any attempt on his part to reduce the Moabites. Mesha. — The name m...
2 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The rebellion of Moab became the cause of the renewal of the war. The Reader may perhaps not immediately be able to reconcile the idea of a king connected with that of a sheep-master in the same pers...
2 Kings 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master ,.... With which his country abounded; he kept great numbers of them, and shepherds to take care of them; he traded in them, and got great riches by them; h...
2 Kings 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. Ver. 4. And Mesha king of Moab. ] Mesha signi...
2 Kings 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-master The riches, not only of private men, but also of kings, in ancient times, consisted much in sheep and cattle. And this king of Moab had abundance of them, wh...
2 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A sheep-master; a man of great wealth, (which in those times and places consisted much in cattle,) which enabled and emboldened him to rebel against his sovereign lord.
2 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Campaign Undertaken
2 Kings 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:2 ; 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Samuel 8:2 ; Genesis 13:2 ; Genesis 26:13 ; Genesis 26:14 ; Isaiah 16:1 ; Job 1:3 ; Job 42:12 ; Psalms 108:10 ; Psalms 108:9 ; Psalms 60:8
2 Kings 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A sheep — master — A man of great wealth (which in those times and places consisted much in cattle) which enabled and emboldened him to rebel against his sovereign.

2 Kings 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes