2 Kings 3:18

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).

Related Commentaries of 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 gi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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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.
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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 ab...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Miracle in the Wilderness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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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 ;...

¹⁸ And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 3:18

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 3:18