2 Kings 3:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. ”

2 Kings 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seven days’ journey - The distance of the route probably followed is not much more than 100 miles. But the difficulties of the way are great; and the army might not be able to move along it at a...
2 Kings 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the (e) king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed t...
2 Kings 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fetched. compass . made. circuit. Compare Acts 28:13 .
2 Kings 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them....
2 Kings 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed t...
2 Kings 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The king of Edom. — A vassal king appointed by Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:48 ). They fetched a compass. — Went round (scil., the Dead Sea) a journey of seven days. The confederates appear to h...
2 Kings 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This was the very wilderness in which Israel more than 500 years before had wanted water; and where the Lord had miraculously provided them with water. See Numbers 20:1-11 .
2 Kings 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah ,.... The way of the wilderness of Edom, proposed by the latter: and the king of Edom ; whom they took with them in their way, who was not properl...
2 Kings 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them....
2 Kings 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king of Edom Properly speaking, there was no king at this time in Edom, as we read in the last chapter of the foregoing book, 1 Kings 22:47 ; but the viceroy, under Jehoshaphat, is here called...
2 Kings 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. B. C. 895. 6 And king Jehoram went out...
2 Kings 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The king of Edom, i.e. the viceroy under Jehoshaphat, 1 Kings 22:47 , here called king ; either because he was so called and accounted by his own people, or because that word is sometimes used...
2 Kings 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, the governor under the overlordship of Judah being given the title of king by courtesy, 1 Kings 22:48 ; and they fetched a c...
2 Kings 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:27 ; Exodus 11:8 ; Exodus 15:22 ; Exodus 17:1 ; Judges 4:10 ; Numbers 20:2 ; Numbers 20:4 ; Numbers 21:5 ; Numbers 33:14
2 Kings 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

King of Edom — That is, the vice — roy under Jehosaphat, 1 Kings 22:47 , here called king: because that word is sometimes used for any prince or chief ruler. Seven days — Because they made a great...

2 Kings 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 3:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 3:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 3:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 3:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes