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1. 유다 왕 여호사밧의 십팔년에 아합의 아들 여호람이 사마리아에서 이스라엘 왕이 되어 십이 년을 치리하니라
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and reigned twelve years .
2. 저가 여호와 보시기에 악을 행하였으나 그 부모와 같이 하지는 아니하였으니 이는 저가 그 아비의 만든 바알의 주상을 제하였음이라
And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord ; but not like his father , and like his mother : for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made .
3. 그러나 저가 느밧의 아들 여로보암이 이스라엘로 범하게 한 그 죄를 따라 행하고 떠나지 아니하였더라
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , which made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom.
4. 모압 왕 메사는 양을 치는 자라 새끼 양 십만의 털과 수양 십만의 털을 이스라엘 왕에게 바치더니
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster , and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs , and an hundred thousand rams , with the wool .
5. 아합이 죽은 후에 모압 왕이 이스라엘 왕을 배반한지라
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead , that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel .
6. 그 때에 여호람 왕이 사마리아에서 나가서 온 이스라엘을 점고하고
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time , and numbered all Israel .
7. 또 가서 유다 왕 여호사밧에게 보내어 이르되 모압 왕이 나를 배반하였으니 당신은 나와 함께 가서 모압을 치시겠느뇨 저가 가로되 내가 올라가리이다 나는 당신과 일반이요 내 백성은 당신의 백성과 일반이요 내 말들도 당신의 말들과 일반이니이다
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah , saying , The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle ? And he said , I will go up : I am as thou art, my people as thy people , and my horses as thy horses .
8. 여호람이 가로되 우리가 어느 길로 올라가리이까 저가 대답하되 에돔 광야 길로니이다
And he said , Which way shall we go up ? And he answered , The way through the wilderness of Edom .
9. 이스라엘 왕이 유다 왕과 에돔 왕으로 더불어 행하더니 길을 둘러 행한지 칠일에 군사와 따라가는 생축을 먹일 물이 없는지라
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.
10. 이스라엘 왕이 가로되 슬프다 여호와께서 이 세 왕을 불러 모아 모압의 손에 붙이려 하시는도다
And the king of Israel said , Alas ! that the Lord hath called these three kings together , to deliver them into the hand of Moab !
11. 여호사밧이 가로되 우리가 여호와께 물을만한 여호와의 선지자가 여기 없느냐 이스라엘 왕의 신복 중에 한 사람이 대답하여 가로되 전에 엘리야의 손에 물을 붓던 사밧의 아들 엘리사가 여기 있나이다
But 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 .
12. 여호사밧이 가로되 여호와의 말씀이 저에게 있도다 이에 이스라엘 왕이 여호사밧과 에돔 왕으로 더불어 그에게로 내려가니라
And 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.
13. 엘리사가 이스라엘 왕에게 이르되 내가 당신과 무슨 상관이 있나이까 당신의 부친의 선지자들과 당신의 모친의 선지자들에게로 가소서 이스라엘 왕이 저에게 이르되 그렇지 아니하니이다 여호와께서 이 세 왕을 불러 모아 모압의 손에 붙이려 하시나이다
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel , What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father , and to the prophets of thy mother . And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together , to deliver them into the hand of Moab .
14. 엘리사가 가로되 내가 섬기는 만군의 여호와의 사심을 가리켜 맹세하노니 내가 만일 유다 왕 여호사밧의 낯을 봄이 아니면 당신을 향하지도 아니하고 보지도 아니하였으리이다
And Elisha said , As the Lord of hosts liveth , before whom I stand , surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah , I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
15. 이제 내게로 거문고 탈 자를 불러 오소서 하니라 거문고 타는 자가 거문고를 탈 때에 여호와께서 엘리사를 감동하시니
But now bring me a minstrel . And it came to pass, when the minstrel played , that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
16. 저가 가로되 여호와의 말씀이 이 골짜기에 개천을 많이 파라 하셨나이다
And he said , Thus saith the Lord , Make this valley full of ditches .
17. 여호와께서 이르시기를 너희가 바람도 보지 못하고 비도 보지 못하되 이 골짜기에 물이 가득하여 너희와 너희 육축과 짐승이 마시리라 하셨나이다
For thus saith the Lord , Ye shall not see wind , neither shall ye see rain ; yet that valley shall be filled with water , that ye may drink , both ye, and your cattle , and your beasts .
18. 이것은 여호와 보시기에 오히려 작은 일이라 여호와께서 모압 사람도 당신의 손에 붙이시리니
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord : he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand .
19. 당신들이 모든 견고한 성과 모든 아름다운 성을 치고 모든 좋은 나무를 베고 모든 샘을 메우고 돌로 모든 좋은 밭을 헐리이다 하더니
And ye shall smite every fenced city , and every choice city , and shall fell every good tree , and stop all wells of water , and mar every good piece of land with stones .
20. 아침에 미쳐 소제 드릴 때에 물이 에돔 편에서부터 흘러와서 그 땅에 가득하였더라
And it came to pass in the morning , when the meat offering was offered , that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom , and the country was filled with water .
21. 모압 모든 사람이 왕들이 올라와서 자기를 치려한다 함을 듣고 갑옷 입을 만한 자로부터 그 이상이 다 모여 그 경계에 섰더라
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour , and upward , and stood in the border .
22. 아침에 모압 사람이 일찍이 일어나서 해가 물에 비취므로 맞은편 물이 붉어 피와 같음을 보고
And they rose up early in the morning , and the sun shone upon the water , and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood :
23. 가로되 이는 피라 필연 저 왕들이 싸워 서로 죽인 것이로다 모압 사람들아 이제 노략하러 가자 하고
And they said , This is blood : the kings are surely slain , and they have smitten one another : now therefore, Moab , to the spoil .
24. 이스라엘 진에 이르니 이스라엘 사람이 일어나 모압 사람을 쳐서 그 앞에서 도망하게 하고 그 지경에 들어가며 모압 사람을 치고
And when they came to the camp of Israel , the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites , so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites , even in their country.
25. 그 성읍을 쳐서 헐고 각기 돌을 던져 모든 좋은 밭에 가득하게 하고 모든 샘을 메우고 모든 좋은 나무를 베고 길하라셋의 돌들은 남기고 물맷군이 두루 다니며 치니라
And they beat down the cities , and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone , and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water , and felled all the good trees : only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26. 모압 왕이 전세가 극렬하여 당하기 어려움을 보고 칼 찬 군사 칠백을 거느리고 충돌하여 지나서 에돔 왕에게로 가고자 하되 능히 못하고
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords , to break through even unto the king of Edom : but they could not.
27. 이에 자기 위를 이어 왕이 될 맏아들을 취하여 성 위에서 번제를 드린지라 이스라엘에게 크게 통분함이 임하매 저희가 떠나 각기 고국으로 돌아갔더라
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall . And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land .
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【왕하3:1 JFB】왕하3:1-3. Jehoram's Evil Reign over Israel.
1, 2. Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat—(compare 왕상22:51). To reconcile the statements in the two passages, we must suppose that Ahaziah, having reigned during the seventeenth and the greater part of the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, was succeeded by his brother Joram or Jehoram, in the end of that eighteenth year, or else that Ahaziah, having reigned two years in conjunction with his father, died at the end of that period when Jehoram ascended the throne. His policy was as hostile as that of his predecessors to the true religion; but he made some changes. Whatever was his motive for this alteration—whether dread of the many alarming judgments the patronage of idolatry had brought upon his father; or whether it was made as a small concession to the feelings of Jehoshaphat, his ally, he abolished idolatry in its gross form and restored the symbolic worship of God, which the kings of Israel, from the time of Jeroboam, had set up as a partition wall between their subjects and those of Judah.
【왕하3:1 CWC】[ELISHA'S MINISTRY BEGINS]
1. Maneuvering an Army, c. 3.
The incident about Mesha (vv. 4, 5) is interesting from the point of view of Biblical criticism. This is the only time he is mentioned in Sacred Writ and his name does not appear in profane history. For this cause objectors to the Bible have demanded proof of his existence at the time named. Also, was Moab noted for its wool? Was it tributary to Israel at this period? Did this rebellion occur? etc.
It was impossible to answer these questions outside of the Bible until about forty years ago when the "Moabite Stone" was discovered, on which an inscription by Mesha recorded all these facts.
What earlier alliance does this between Judah and Israel recall (v. 7)? What earlier situation does Jehoshaphat's inquiry recall (v. 11)? Note the outward respect, at least, which the three kings pay to Jehovah's prophet (v. 12).
Why Elisha calls for the minstrel (v. is) is not clear, except as a way of quieting his mind in the midst of turbulent scenes of battle, and so preparing him in the physical sense, to listen to God's voice. In our own experience we see the value of worshipful hymns as we approach the throne of grace.
How water came "by the way of Edom" (v. 20), may be explained by a shower or cloudburst. The water was reddened by flowing through the red earth of Edom, an effect heightened by the red light of the morning sun (v. 22).
The act of the king of Moab (v. 27) was not exceptional, but his thought in presenting the sacrifice upon the wall was probably that the besiegers beholding it might fear the heathen divinity to whom it was offered. He would now be appeased, presumptively in favor of his subjects, and it would go hard with their opponents. The meaning of "indignation against Israel" is obscure. Some understand it as indignation the Israelites themselves felt at this act so abominable in their sight, and which made them prefer to renounce further possession of Moab than to pursue the conflict. Or it may mean that God's wrath fell upon them for returning home with their work of judgment half done.
2. Ministering to Individuals, c. 4.
Notice the contrast between a poor woman (vv. 1-7) and a rich one in the verses following. Both have needs which only God can supply, and He is as ready to show His power in the one case as in the other, and His prophet makes no distinction between them in his ministry.
In the story of the Shumanite notice that out of modesty and respect, when the prophet calls her (v. 15), "She stood in the door." "It is well" (vv. 23, 26), is not to be understood as prevaricating, but as wishing to be let alone for the present.
The prophet's staff (v. 29) was the badge of prophetic office. Recall Moses' rod which was the symbol of divine power. It seems an error for Elisha to have dispatched his servant on this commission, but prophets are not infallible except where they speak or write by inspiration of God. (Compare Nathan in 2 Samuel 7.) In his desire to hasten matters, hoping the child was not quite dead, he hurries his servant hence; but he has to learn that he can not delegate God's grace and power according to his own will.
How does Elisha's action (vv. 33-35) compare with Elijah's under similar circumstances? The miracle that follows corresponds closely with that in chapter 2, verses 19 to 22, and may be understood in the same way. The concluding miracles of the chapter suggest Christ's multiplication of the loaves and fishes; but the difference is that here there was no multiplication, but the men were satisfied with the little each received. It was a miracle wrought on the men rather than the food.
3. Magnifying His Office, c. 5.
That is a noticeable phrase in verse 1, "by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria," which shows that the inspired annalist regards Jehovah as the God of the whole earth without whose providence even the heathen nations gained no victories.
Observe God using "the weak things of the world" in the case of the little maid (v. 2), whose testimony influences the general, and the kings of Syria and Israel, to say nothing of the prophet, and is handed down as a force for righteousness and truth for thirty centuries!
Both kings misunderstood the situation, however, he of Israel being without excuse. It is this that gives Elisha the opportunity to magnify his office (v. 8), which he does again in the case of Naaman (v. 10). The Syrian's greatness made no difference, he must be healed like any other leper, solely by the power and grace of God. The prophet's humility and disinterestedness are established by his reply in verses 15 and 16.
Naaman's request for earth (v. 17) was not superstition but reverence. His request in verse 18 indicates a tender conscience rather than a compromising spirit, or the prophet could hardly have bidden him "go in peace."
【왕하3:1 MHCC】Jehoram took warning by God's judgment, and put away the image of Baal, yet he maintained the worship of the calves. Those do not truly repent or reform, who only part with the sins they lose by, but continue to love the sins that they think to gain by.
【왕하3:4 JFB】왕하3:4, 5. Mesha, King of Moab, Rebels.
4-6. Mesha king of Moab, &c.—As his dominions embraced an extensive pasture country, he paid, as annual tribute, the wool of a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams. It is still common in the East to pay custom and taxes in the fruits or natural produce of the land.
【왕하3:5 JFB】5. king of Moab rebelled—This is a repetition of 왕하1:1, in order to introduce an account of the confederate expedition for crushing this revolt, which had been allowed to continue unchecked during the short reign of Ahaziah.
【왕하3:6 JFB】왕하3:6-24. Elisha Promises Water and Victory over Moab.
6. King Jehoram … numbered Israel—made a levy from his own subjects, and at the same time sought an alliance with Jehoshaphat, which, as on the former occasion with Ahab, was readily promised (왕상22:4).
【왕하3:6 MHCC】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, 잠19:3. 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. To try their faith and obedience, Elisha bids them make the valley full of pits to receive water. Those who expect God's blessings, must dig pools for the rain to fill, as in the valley of Baca, and thus make even that a well, 시84:6. We need not inquire whence the water came. God is not tied to second causes. They that sincerely seek for the dew of God's grace, shall have it, and by it be made more than conquerors.
【왕하3:8 JFB】8-12. Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom—This was a long and circuitous route, by the southern bend of the Dead Sea. Jehoshaphat however preferred it, partly because the part of the Moabite territory at which they would arrive, was the most defenseless; and partly because he would thereby enlist, in the expedition, the forces of the king of Edom. But, in penetrating the deep, rocky valley of Ahsy, which forms the boundary between Edom and Moab, the confederate army was reduced, both man and beast, to the greatest extremities for want of water. They were disappointed by finding the wady of this valley, the brook Zered (신2:13-18) [Robinson], dry. Jehoram was in despair. But the pious mind of Jehoshaphat inquired for a prophet of the Lord; and, on being informed that Elisha was at hand, the three kings "went down to him"; that is, to his tent, which was either in the camp, or close by it. He had been directed thither by the Spirit of God for this special purpose. They went to him, not only as a mark of respect, but to supplicate for his assistance.
【왕하3:11 JFB】11. which poured water on the hands of Elijah—that is, was his servant—this being one of the common offices of a servant. The phrase is used here as synonymous with "a true and eminent prophet," who will reveal God's will to us.
【왕하3:13 JFB】13, 14. What have I to do with thee? &c.—Wishing to produce a deep spirit of humility and contrition, Elisha gave a stern repulse to the king of Israel, accompanied by a sarcastic sneer, in bidding him go and consult Baal and his soothsayers. But the distressed condition, especially the imploring language, of the royal suppliants, who acknowledged the hand of the Lord in this distress, drew from the prophet the solemn assurance, that solely out of respect to Jehoshaphat, the Lord's true servant, did he take any interest in Jehoram.
【왕하3:15 JFB】15. bring me a minstrel—The effect of music in soothing the mind is much regarded in the East; and it appears that the ancient prophets, before entering their work, commonly resorted to it, as a preparative, by praise and prayer, to their receiving the prophetic afflatus.
the hand of the Lord—a phrase significantly implying that the gift of prophecy was not a natural or inherent gift, but conferred by the power and grace of God.
【왕하3:16 JFB】16. Make this valley full of ditches—capable of holding water.
【왕하3:17 JFB】17. Ye shall not see wind—It is common in the East to speak of seeing wind, from the clouds of straw, dust, or sand, that are often whirled into the air, after a long drought.
【왕하3:20 JFB】20-24. when the meat offering was offered—that is, at the time of the morning sacrifice, accompanied, doubtless, with solemn prayers; and these led, it may be, by Elisha on this occasion, as on a similar one by Elijah (왕상18:36).
behold, there came water by the way of Edom—Far from the Israelitish camp, in the eastern mountains of Edom, a great fall of rain, a kind of cloudburst, took place, by which the wady was at once filled, but they saw neither the wind nor the rains. The divine interposition was shown by introducing the laws of nature to the determined end in the predetermined way [Keil]. It brought not only aid to the Israelitish army in their distress, by a plentiful supply of water, but destruction on the Moabites, who, perceiving the water, under the refulgent rays of the morning sun, red like blood, concluded the confederate kings had quarrelled and deluged the field with their mutual slaughter; so that, rushing to their camp in full expectation of great spoil, they were met by the Israelites, who, prepared for battle, fought and pursued them. Their country was laid waste in the way, which has always been considered the greatest desolation in the East (왕하3:24).
【왕하3:20 MHCC】It is a blessing to be favoured with the company of those who have power with God, and can prevail by their prayers. A kingdom may be upheld and prosper, in consequence of the fervent prayers of those who are dear to God. May we place our highest regard upon such as are most precious in his account. When sinners are saying Peace, peace, destruction comes upon them: despair will follow their mad presumption. In Satan's service and at his suggestion, such horrid deeds have been done, as cause the natural feelings of the heart to shudder; like the king of Moab's sacrificing his son. It is well not to urge the worst of men to extremities; we should rather leave them to the judgment of God.
【왕하3:25 JFB】25. Kir-haraseth—(now Kerak)—Castle of Moab—then, probably, the only fortress in the land.
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