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During the Shunammite’s absence in Philistia, her dwelling and her
grain-fields had been appropriated by some one who refused to restore
them. She therefore determined to appeal to the king. Such dire...
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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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_she went forth to cry unto the king_ She had reached Shunem, and
found her land in other hands. It may be that some encroaching
neighbour had entered on the untenanted property, or it may have been
s...
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C. PREDICTION OF FAMINE IN ISRAEL 8:1-6
TRANSLATION
(1) Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had revived,
saying, Arise, you and your household go, and sojourn wherever you may
sojourn; fo...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE SEVEN YEARS' END, THAT THE WOMAN RETURNED
OUT OF THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES: AND SHE WENT FORTH TO CRY UNTO THE
KING FOR HER HOUSE AND FOR HER LAND._
Cry unto the king fo...
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8:3 land. (b-37) See Ruth 1:1 ....
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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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AT THE SEVEN YEARS’ END. — Omit _the._
SHE WENT FORTH. — From Shunem to Samaria.
FOR HER HOUSE AND FOR HER LAND. — Literally, _with regard to her
house,_ &c. She found them in the possession of stra...
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וַ יְהִ֗י מִ קְצֵה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים
וַ תָּ֥שָׁב הָ אִשָּׁ֖ה מֵ אֶ֣רֶץ
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַ...
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THE SHUNAMMITE AND HAZAEL
2 Kings 8:1
(_ Circa_ B.C. 886)
"Our acts still follow with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are."
-GEORGE ELIOT
THE next anecdote of Elisha brings u...
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THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE
2 Kings 8:1
Nothing happens in our life or in the world apart from the divine
appointment or permission. Behind every event and incident there is a
divine providence. The...
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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 it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth (b) to cry unto
the king for her house and for her land.
(b) That is, to co...
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_Lands, which others had seized. (Du Hamel)_...
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The history of this Shunammite, in having her land restored to her, is
very interesting. But the spiritual improvement to be made of the
passage is much more so. You and I, Reader, have left our settl...
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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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AND IT CAME TO PASS, AT THE SEVEN YEARS END, THAT THE WOMAN RETURNED
OUT OF THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES,.... Either hearing that the famine
was over, or believing that it was, the time being expired t...
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And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the
king for her house and for her land.
Ver. 3. _To cry unto t...
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_She went to cry unto the king for her house and land_ Which, having
been forsaken by her, were possessed by her kindred or others, who
probably had obtained a grant of them from the king, and now int...
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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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Elisha's Powerful Influence at Court...
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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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1-6 The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha, was rewarded by the
care taken of her in famine. It is well to foresee an evil, and
wisdom, when we foresee it, to hide ourselves if we lawfully may...
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Which having been forsaken by her, were possessed by her kindred, or
others, who had obtained them from the king, and now intended to keep
the possession of them....
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2 Kings 8:3 end H7097 seven H7651 years H8141 woman H802 returned
H7725 (H8799) land H776 Philistines H6430 went H3318 (H8799) appeal
H6817 (H8800) king H4428 house H1004 land H7704
2 Kings 8:6,...
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THE SHUNAMMITE, NOW A WIDOW, HAS HER LAND RESTORED TO HER BY THE KING
OF ISRAEL (2 KINGS 8:1).
The prophetic author has two purposes in this incident. Firstly to
emphasis the miraculous powers of Eli...
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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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_Then spake Elisha unto the woman._
THE POTENT INFLUENCE OF A GOOD MAN
I. His counsel is valuable, and gratefully acted upon. Here we see how
the kindness shown by the Shunammite receives still furt...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:1 After the long narrative about the siege
of Samaria (2 Kings 6:24), the Shunammite woman of 2 Kings 4:8
reappears. In 2 Kings 4:13, the woman declined Elisha’s offer of
hel...
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ELISHA IN DAMASCUS
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 8:1. THEN SPOKE ELISHA—The pluperfect tense: _Now Elisha had
spoken_. This section dates prior to Chapter s 5 and 6, but is given
here as...
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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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2 Kings 4:13; 2 Kings 6:26; 2 Kings 8:6; 2 Samuel 14:4; Jeremiah
22:16; Luke 18:3; Psalms 82:3; Psalms 82:4...
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Her house — Which having been forsaken by her, were possessed by her
kindred....