_THEN SPAKE ELISHA UNTO THE WOMAN, WHOSE SON HE HAD RESTORED TO LIFE,
SAYING, ARISE, AND GO THOU AND THINE HOUSEHOLD, AND SOJOURN
WHERESOEVER THOU CANST SOJOURN: FOR THE LORD HATH CALLED FOR A FAMINE;
AND IT SHALL ALSO COME UPON THE LAND SEVEN YEARS._
Then spake Elisha unto the woman - rather, 'had... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WOMAN AROSE, AND DID AFTER THE SAYING OF THE MAN OF GOD: AND
SHE WENT WITH HER HOUSEHOLD, AND SOJOURNED IN THE LAND OF THE
PHILISTINES SEVEN YEARS._
Sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. Their territory
was recommended to her from its contiguity to her usual residence; and... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 for her house and for her land х_ LITS`OQ_ (H6817),
to present a humble petition (cf. 2 Samuel 19:28);... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING TALKED WITH GEHAZI THE SERVANT OF THE MAN OF GOD,
SAYING, TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ELISHA HATH
DONE._
The king talked with Gehazi. The circumstances narrated in these
opening verses are generally believed to have taken place before the
infliction of leprosy upon... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE WAS TELLING THE KING HOW HE HAD RESTORED A
DEAD BODY TO LIFE, THAT, BEHOLD, THE WOMAN, WHOSE SON HE HAD RESTORED
TO LIFE, CRIED TO THE KING FOR HER HOUSE AND FOR HER LAND. AND GEHAZI
SAID, MY LORD, O KING, THIS IS THE WOMAN, AND THIS IS HER SON, WHOM
ELISHA RESTORED TO LI... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA CAME TO DAMASCUS; AND BEN-HA'DAD THE KING OF SYRIA WAS
SICK; AND IT WAS TOLD HIM, SAYING, THE MAN OF GOD IS COME HITHER._
Elisha came to Damascus - being directed there by the Spirit of God in
pursuance of the mission formerly given to his master in Horeb (1
Kings 19:15), to anoint Haza... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID UNTO HAZAEL, TAKE A PRESENT IN THINE HAND, AND GO,
MEET THE MAN OF GOD, AND INQUIRE OF THE LORD BY HIM, SAYING, SHALL I
RECOVER OF THIS DISEASE?_
The king said unto Hazael ... It is an interesting confirmation of
the sacred history, that the names of king Ben-hadad and his minist... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HAZAEL WENT TO MEET HIM, AND TOOK A PRESENT WITH HIM, EVEN OF
EVERY GOOD THING OF DAMASCUS, FORTY CAMELS' BURDEN, AND CAME AND STOOD
BEFORE HIM, AND SAID, THY SON BEN-HA'DAD KING OF SYRIA HATH SENT ME TO
THEE, SAYING, SHALL I RECOVER OF THIS DISEASE?_
Forty camels' burden. The present, consisti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, GO, SAY UNTO HIM, THOU MAYEST CERTAINLY
RECOVER: HOWBEIT THE LORD HATH SHEWED ME THAT HE SHALL SURELY DIE._
Go, say ... Thou mayest certainly recover. There was no contradiction
in this message. This part was properly the answer to Ben-hadad's
inquiry. The second part was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SETTLED HIS COUNTENANCE STEDFASTLY, UNTIL HE WAS ASHAMED: AND
THE MAN OF GOD WEPT._
He settled his countenance stedfastly, х_ WAYA`ªMEED_ (H5975) _ 'ET_
(H853) _ PAANAAYW_ (H6440) _ WAYAASEM_ (H7760), and he fixed his
countenance, and set it; Septuagint, parestee too prosoopoo autou, kai
et... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HAZAEL SAID, WHY WEEPETH MY LORD? AND HE ANSWERED, BECAUSE I KNOW
THE EVIL THAT THOU WILT DO UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: THEIR STRONG
HOLDS WILT THOU SET ON FIRE, AND THEIR YOUNG MEN WILT THOU SLAY WITH
THE SWORD, AND WILT DASH THEIR CHILDREN, AND RIP UP THEIR WOMEN WITH
CHILD._
No JFB commen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HAZAEL SAID, BUT WHAT, IS THY SERVANT A DOG, THAT HE SHOULD DO
THIS GREAT THING? AND ELISHA ANSWERED, THE LORD HATH SHEWED ME THAT
THOU SHALT BE KING OVER SYRIA._
Hazael said, But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this
great thing? х_ HAKELEB_ (H3611), THE dog; the Septuagint has:... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HE DEPARTED FROM ELISHA, AND CAME TO HIS MASTER; WHO SAID TO HIM,
WHAT SAID ELISHA TO THEE? AND HE ANSWERED, HE TOLD ME THAT THOU
SHOULDEST SURELY RECOVER._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND
DIPPED IT IN WATER, AND SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE, SO THAT HE DIED: AND
HAZAEL REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._
Took a thick cloth ... х_ HAMAKBEER_ (H4346)] - the coarse (hair)
cloth used as a coverlet. In the East this article of bed furniture... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF JORAM THE SON OF AHAB KING OF ISRAEL,
JEHOSHAPHAT BEING THEN KING OF JUDAH, JEHORAM THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT
KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN._
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat ... began to reign - (see the notes at
2 Kings 3:1.) His father resigned the throne to him two years bef... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIRTY AND TWO YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN; AND HE
REIGNED EIGHT YEARS IN JERUSALEM._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, AS DID THE HOUSE OF
AHAB: FOR THE DAUGHTER OF AHAB WAS HIS WIFE: AND HE DID EVIL IN THE
SIGHT OF THE LORD._
Daughter of Ahab - Athaliah, through whose influence Jehoram
introduced the worship of Baal and many other evils into the kingdom
of Judah (s... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY JUDAH FOR DAVID HIS SERVANT'S SAKE, AS
HE PROMISED HIM TO GIVE HIM ALWAY A LIGHT, AND TO HIS CHILDREN._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JORAM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED WITH HIS FATHERS IN
THE CITY OF DAVID: AND AHAZIAH HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles
22:1.)... [ Continue Reading ]