Passage Research
2 Kings 3 — Sermon Preparation
Israel, Judah, and Edom join forces against Moab; Elisha miraculously provides water for the armies and the campaign ends in Moab's devastation. Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 435 / 172
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 13 | Moab |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 9 | water, juice |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָט | Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ | H3092 | 6 | Jehoshaphat |
| אֱדֹם | ʼĔdôm | H123 | 5 | Edom |
| נָכָה | nâkâh | H5221 | 5 | strike |
| נָגַן | nâgan | H5059 | 3 | thrum, beat |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 5 | ascend, high |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thus the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart fretteth against the Lord, Pr 19:3. It was well that Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord now, but it had been much better if he had done it before he engaged in this war. Good men sometimes neglect their duty, till necessity and affliction drive them to it. Wicked people often fare the better for the friendship and society of the godly. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 3:6–19 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Samaria 1— 2 Kgs 3:1
- Moab 1— 2 Kgs 3:10
- Edom— 2 Kgs 3:12
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