2 Kings 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. ”

2 Kings 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ahab was dead. Compare 2 Kings 1:1 . He and his son Ahaziah both died in the same year (800 B. C). See App-50.
2 Kings 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
2 Kings 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. King of Moab rebelled. This is a repetition of 2 Kings 1:1 , in order to introduce an acco...
2 Kings 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But. — And. When. — So some MSS. The ordinary text has, “about the time of Ahab’s death” ( ke for be ). Rebelled — i.e. , refused payment of the annual tribute.
2 Kings 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. Who then was Ahaziah; but either through the pusillanimity of his temper, or the sickness that at...
2 Kings 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. Ver. 5. When Ahab was dead. ] Elephanti mortuo vel mus insultat. But besides the death of Ahab...
2 Kings 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See of this 2 Kings 1:1 . It is here repeated to make way for the following story. Ahaziah did not attempt the recovery of Moab, either because he was a man of a low spirit and courage; or because...
2 Kings 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Campaign Undertaken
2 Kings 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 21:8-10 ; 2 Kings 1:1 ; 2 Kings 8:20

2 Kings 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge