A key - literally, “an opener.” Probably a wooden instrument with which they either lifted up the latch within, or drew back the wooden bar …

Tarried till they were ashamed. —See 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Kings 8:11. It is a dangerous matter to intr…

And they tarried until they were ashamed
And knew not what to think of it, or what methods to take to be satisfied o…

When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did evil, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of Hi…