"And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick."
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Verse 2 Kings 8:29. _WENT BACK TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL_] And there he
continued till Jehu conspired against and slew him there. And thus the
blood of the innocents, which had been shed by Ahab and his...
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ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA. This chapter is
somewhat varied as to composition. It opens with a short story about
Elisha (2 Kings 8:1), of which we may presuppose (_a_) that it is...
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RAMAH. Ramoth-gilead....
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_And king Joram went back_[R.V. RETURNED] _to be healed in Jezreel_
The verb is changed to conform to the translation in Chronicles.
Jezreel was one of the capital cities of the northern kingdom, wher...
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B. THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH OF JUDAH 8:25-29
TRANSLATION
(25) In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah
son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. (26) Ahaziah was
twenty-two ye...
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ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. ELISHA AND HAZAEL. REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND
AHAZIAH OF JUDAH
1. Then spake Elisha] The occasion is not indicated, all the stories
related of Elisha in this and the three prece...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
THE REPORT ABOUT ELISHA’S *MIRACLES
V1 Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had brought back to
life. ‘Go awa...
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(25-29) The reign of Ahaziah king of Judah. His expedition with Joram
of Israel against Hazael at Ramoth-gilead. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 22:1.)
TWO-AND-TWENTY YEARS OLD. — He was Jehoram’a youngest son (2...
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וַ יָּשָׁב֩ יֹורָ֨ם הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ לְ
הִתְרַפֵּ֣א בְ יִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִן ־הַ
מַּכִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַכֻּ֤הוּ...
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(1) JEHORAM BEN-JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH
B.C. 851-843
(2) AHAZIAH BEN-JEHORAM OF JUDAH
B.C. 843-842
2 Kings 8:16
"Bear with the Turk, no brother near the throne."
-POPE.
THE narrative now reverts...
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ATHALIAH'S WICKED HUSBAND AND SONS
2 Kings 8:16
Jehoram's history furnishes a terrible example of how an ill-marriage
may mar a man's life. He had a good father, but a bad wife, and the
latter more s...
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The influence of Elisha is incidentally seen in the converse of the
king with Gehazi and the restoration of the lands of the Shunammite
woman for the sake of the prophet.
Elisha visited Damascus, wher...
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And king Joram went back to be healed in (q) Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
w...
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I bring all these verses within one point of view, as they only relate
to us the short, but wicked reign, of another of Judah's kings. And I
only detain the Reader with a single observation upon this...
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However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into
earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
J...
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The history of the woman [1], whose son Elisha had raised to life
again, gives us a little picture of all God's dealings with Israel.
During long years, as determined by Jehovah, Israel is deprived of...
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Ver. 29 AND KING JORAM WENT BACK,.... From Ramoth, having taken it,
and left his army there:
TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL OF THE WOUNDS WHICH THE SYRIANS HAD GIVEN HIM
AT RAMAH; the same with Ramothgilead...
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And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king
of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went...
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1 The Shunammite, hauing left her countrey seuen yeeres, to auoide the
forewarned famine, for Elishas miracle sake, hath her land restored by
the king.
7 Hazael being sent with a present by Benhadad...
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THE REIGN OF JEHORAM AND OF AHAZIAH...
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THE SHUNAMITE AGAIN
(vv.1-6)
The Shunamite woman is typical of the godly remnant of Israel. She had
learned the grace of God in giving new life (ch.4:17) and further in
resurrection power (ch.4:32-...
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WOUNDS WHICH THE SYRIANS:
_ Heb._ wherewith the Syrians had wounded
HAD GIVEN:
_ Heb._ wounded...
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25-29 Names do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's
family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's
family was the occasion of his wickedness and of his fall. When men
c...
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The same place with Ramoth, or Ramoth-gilead....
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2 Kings 8:29 King H4428 Joram H3141 back H7725 (H8799) Jezreel H3157
recover H7495 (H8692) wounds H4347 Syrians H761 inflicted H5221
(H8686) Ramah H7414 fought H3898 (H8736) Hazael H2371 king H4428 Sy...
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AHAZIAH UNWITTINGLY BECOMES INVOLVED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF JEHORAM,
KING OF ISRAEL AND THE REBELLION OF JEHU (2KI 8:28; 2 KINGS 9:14 A).
Once he had come to the throne Ahaziah and Judah joined in an a...
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CONTENTS: Famine predicted. Jehoram restores the Shunanmite land.
Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah and Joram of Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Gehazi, Jehoram, Ben-hadad, Hazael, Ahaziah,
Shu...
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2 Kings 8:8. _Take a present._ See on 1 Kings 14:3.
2 Kings 8:10. _Thou mayest certainly recover._ Aye, say as you all do,
both physicians and courtiers. Cry aloud, for Baal is a god. This was
said i...
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_In the twelfth year of Joram._
KINGHOOD: THE CONVENTIONAL AND THE TRUE
Looking at King Ahaziah, as here sketched, two points strike our
attention.
I. A king by physical heredity. This man came fro...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:16 Judah was last mentioned in ch. 2 Kings
3:1, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah. Another Judean king has come
and gone in the meantime, however, and the reader must be tol...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 8:16. JORAM THE SON OF AHAB—See Notes on chap. 2 Kings 3:1.
2 Kings 8:18. THE DAUGHTER OF AHAB—Attaliah. It was through her
influence the king introduced the...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 8:1
THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY
HAZAEL; AND THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH IN JUDAH.
2 KINGS 8:1
Elisha is still the _protagon...
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Now Elisha spake unto the woman, whose son had been restored to life,
and he said, [You better get out of here because there's going to be a
seven-year famine in this area] (2 Kings 8:1).
And so she l...
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1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chronicles 22:6; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 Kings 9:15; 2
Kings 9:16...
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Ramah — The same place with Ramoth, or Ramoth — Gilead....