John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. And King Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time , &e.] As soon as he came to the throne: and numbered all Israel ; who were fit to bear arms, got them together at some certain place, and mustered them, and prepared for a war with Moab, to reduce them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-19 - The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thu the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart frettet 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, til necessity and affliction drive them to it. Wicked people often fare the better for the friendship and society of the godly. To try their fait and obedience, Elisha bids them make the valley full of pits to receiv 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, P 84:6. 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.
Original Hebrew ויצא3318 המלך4428 יהורם3088 ביום3117 ההוא1931 משׁמרון8111 ויפקד6485 את853 כל3605 ישׂראל׃3478
