--- title: "Bullinger" description: "evil = the evil. Hebrew. ra a. App-44 . his mother. Jezebel, who lived through the whole of his reign (2 Kings 9:30 ). image = pillar, or statue (whic" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/3" --- **evil** = the evil. Hebrew. *ra a.* App-44 . **his mother.** Jezebel, who lived through the whole of his reign ([2 Kings 9:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/30) ). **image** = pillar, or statue (which Ahab had made. Compare [2 Kings 10:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/18) ). [1 Kings 19:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/18) . Others remained ([2 Kings 10:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/26) , [2 Kings 10:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/27) ). **made Israel to sin.** See note on [1 Kings 14:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/16) . **Meslia.** See App-54 on "the Moabite stone". **Ahab was dead.** Compare [2 Kings 1:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/1) . He and his son Ahaziah both died in the same year (800 B. C). See App-50 . **I am, &c.** Compare [1 Kings 22:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/4) . **he said:** i.e. Jehoram. **Which way . . . ?** Either by crossing Jordan north of the Dead Sea and attacking Moab from the north; or by Edom, which was under Judah ([1 Kings 22:47](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/47) ). **he answered:** i.e. Jehoshaphat answered. **fetched a compass** = made a circuit. Compare [Acts 28:13](../../../kjv/acts/28/13) . **Is there not here . . . ?** A similar question asked before by Jehoshaphat ([1 Kings 22:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/7) ). **poured water, &c.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for being an attendant. **Jehoshaphat.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "king of Judah". **What . . . ?** See note on [2 Samuel 16:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/10) . Figure of speech *Erotesis* . App-6 . **Nay** = Say not so. **before, &c.** Implying Elisha's priesthood. **not look.** Jehoram was wicked in himself ([2 Kings 3:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/2) ), as well as being the son of Ahab. Elisha less austere later ([2 Kings 6](../../../kjv/2-kings/6) ). **minstrel** = harper. From Hebrew. *nagan,* to harp. **hand.** Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia* ( App-6 ). But some codices, with Aramaean, read "the Spirit". **valley** = a dry watercourse. **ditches** = trenches. Hebrew ditches ditches. Figure of speech *Epizeuxi* s ( App-6 ) = full of. **wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 . **mar** = spoil. **meat offering** = meal offering. Hebrew. *minhah.* See App-43 . = gift offering. **offered = offered up. there came water.** Elisha's fourth miracle. See note on [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15) . **put on armour.** Hebrew gird a girdle. **red as blood.** Implied as owing to the action of the sun. Equally a miracle. **slain** = destroyed. **went forward.** Some codices, &c, add "still further", and connect this with entering. Other codices, with six early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, connect these words with the *smiting,* and read "still further smote", or "went on smiting". **Kir-haraseth** = The city of the hill. The capital of Moab. **stones** [in the wall] thereof. Supply Figure of speech *Ellipsis.* App-6 . **howbeit, &c.** = and [till] the slingers should surround and smite it. **offered him** = offered him up. App-43 . **a burnt offering.** App-43 . Recording a fact on which Mesha is silent on the Moabite stone. App-54 . **the wall.** i.e., the higher of the two. Hebrew. *homah* not *kir* as in verses: [2 Kings 3:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/4) , [2 Kings 3:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/10) . **indignation** = wrath. This led probably to Moab *'* s subsequent success. **they departed.** This expresses the failure of Israel *'* s expedition, while Mesha goes on to record his subsequent successes, which were great all the cities taken by him ( App-54 ) being those belonging to Reuben and Gad. **from him:** i.e. from the king of Moab. **their own.** The Syriac and Vulgate have these words in the text. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/3#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 3"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/3#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/3","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/3#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"evil = the evil. 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