Promises Water
and Victory over Moab
2 KINGS 3: 13-20
H.O.R.M. Bible Study February 2008
3-1  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  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  
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom. 4  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  But it came to pass,
when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6  And king Jehoram
went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7  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  And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9  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  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  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  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  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.
  • (TR) The Enemy will try and destroy what God has put together. The test of Life will get our attention,
    it will correct our path and draw us closer to Christ. I pray that God will reveal what ever sin is in my
    life that would hinder my walk with Christ.

14  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.
  • (TR) If you and I do not have the Blood of Jesus applied to our life then the Father would not be able
    to see us. For when the Father sees me He sees the Blood of His Son JESUS CHRIST.

15  But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the
LORD came upon him.
  • (TR) Minstrel-(harp)- PEACEFUL.(dove)  You and I must have a clear conscience before God, in
    order that He will hear and see us. Seek Peace and Purse it.
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16  And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
  • (TR) Speak Nothing but  the Word  of God,  for life and your situation.  "Thy Kingdom come and Thy
    Will be done", Is what you and I must be willing to accept in order for you and I to have VICTORY in
    our life. Just as they were reasonable to dig the ditches, you and I have a responsibility to do our
    part.

17  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.
  • (TR) We Walk by FAITH not by sight. For true Godliness will result in Christian character and actions.

18  And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
  • (TR) No matter what  you and I are facing in life, It is but a light thing in the sight of God, for nothing is
    Impossible with God.

19  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.
  • (TR) Stones-The Word of God, Speak His WORD over your life and your situation.

20  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.
  • (TR) The morning, symbolizes that before you and I do any thing, we need to seek Christ First,
    before we face our day. And as you will read the rest of the story, you will see that the Water that
    feed The Children of God but these same waters spelled DEATH to the Mobites. If Jesus is  not
    your answer. Then we will not be able to have Victory in our life. Just a Jesus, will was to do the
    Fathers will, you and I must be willing to do His Will. JOHN 4:34  Jesus said unto them, My meat is
    to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
JOHN 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life.

The Meat Offering was  BREAD,  
And Jesus is The Bread of Life.

3-21  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 armor, and upward, and stood in the border. 22  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 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24  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  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 Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it,
and smote it. 26  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  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.
Elisha
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