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2 Kings 3:10 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!2 Kings 3:10 · King James Version
2 Kings 3:10 in context
8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9So 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.
10And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Jehoram has no sooner got the sceptre into his hand than he takes the sword into his hand, to reduce Moab. Crowns bring great cares and perils to the heads that wear them; no sooner in honour than in war. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-19