George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 6:8
And such, which the king would mention. (Menochius) --- The causes of this war are not known; but an ambitious prince always finds pretexts to cover his injustice. (Calmet)
And such, which the king would mention. (Menochius) --- The causes of this war are not known; but an ambitious prince always finds pretexts to cover his injustice. (Calmet)
Verse 2 Kings 6:8. _THE KING OF SYRIA WARRED AGAINST ISRAEL_] This was probably the same Ben-hadad who is mentioned 2 Kings 6:24. What was the _real_ or _pretended_ cause of this war we cannot tell;...
THE KING OF SYRIA - Probably the great Benhadad (see 2 Kings 6:24)....
5. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The lost axe-head recovered (2 Kings 6:1)_ 2. Elisha makes known Ben-hadad's plans (2 Kings 6:8) 3. Elisha's arrest planned (2 Kings 6:13) 4. The blinded
AN AXEHEAD SWIMS. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS AT DOTHAN. In several minor miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word, but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying waters...
KING OF SYRIA. Probably Ben-hadad of 2 Kings 6:24; 1 Kings 20:1....
Elisha makes known the King of Syria's plans. The soldiers sent against Elisha are smitten with blindness, and he leads them into Samaria (Not in Chronicles) 8. _Then_[R.V. NOW] _the king of Syria war...
SHALL BE MY CAMP— _I will lie in wait._ Houbigant. And so at the end of the ninth verse, instead of _thither the Syrians are come down,_ he reads, _there the Syrians lie in wait. Not once nor twice,_...
I. ELISHA'S PATRIOTIC MIRACLES 6:8-23 Elisha was involved in the crisis which his nation faced at the hands of the Arameans. On various occasions Elisha rendered valuable aid to his king by revealing...
_THEN THE KING OF SYRIA WARRED AGAINST ISRAEL, AND TOOK COUNSEL WITH HIS SERVANTS, SAYING, IN SUCH AND SUCH A PLACE SHALL BE MY CAMP._ The king of Syria warred against Israel. This seems to have been...
ELISHA AND THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA 1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan (2 Kings 6:2) suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2 Kings 2:5. Probably Elisha did...
THE KING OF SYRIA] perhaps the Benhadad of 2 Kings 6:24 and 1 Kings 20:1....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 THE AXE THAT THE MAN LOST V1 The group of the *prophets spoke to Elisha. ‘The place where we meet with you is too s...
THEN THE KING OF SYRIA WARRED. — Rather, _Now the king of Syria_ (Aram)_ was warring, i.e.,_ continually. The time intended cannot be the reign of Jehoahaz, for here the Syrians achieve nothing of imp...
וּ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם הָיָ֥ה נִלְחָ֖ם בְּ יִשְׂרָ
ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS 2 Kings 6:1 "Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." - Ecclesiastes 9:15 ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was, during a gr...
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD OF BATTLES 2 Kings 6:1 To us, the first of these miracles may appear somewhat trivial, but we must remember the value of an iron axe-head at that time, the inconvenience and d...
The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The growt...
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In (c) such and such a place [shall be] my camp. (c) Meaning, that he would lie in ambush and take the Israel...
Reader! while you pay a just tribute of praise to the Lord of Elisha, for making him thus instrumental in the deliverance of Israel; shall not our minds be led to reflect how graciously our Jesus, by...
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...
The sons of the prophets must enlarge their dwelling-place, and Elisha, who consents to go with them, secures them from the results of their negligence by reversing the laws of nature. I know not if w...
THEN THE KING OF SYRIA WARRED AGAINST ISRAEL,.... Proclaimed war against him; on what account, or how long it was after Naaman his general came with a letter of recommendation from him to the king of...
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place [shall be] my camp. Ver. 8. _Then the king of Syria warred._] He delighted in it, as...
_The king of Syria warred against Israel_ This probably happened many years after Naaman was cured, and when he was either dead, or had lost his place through his refusing to worship Rimmon: for it is...
1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to inlarge their dwellings, causeth yron to swim. 8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his counsell. 13 The armie which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elish...
THE BLINDNESS OF THE SYRIANS...
Then the king of Syria, still during the reign of Jehoram of Israel, WARRED AGAINST ISRAEL, more by expeditions which had the plundering of the country for their object than by regular campaigns, AND...
"TOO SMALL FOR US" (vv.1-7) The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far as the record goes) that indicated th...
CAMP: Or, encamping...
8-12 The king of Israel regarded the warnings Elisha gave him, of danger from the Syrians, but would not heed the warnings of danger from his sins. Such warnings are little heeded by most; they would...
Thither I will send my forces, to surprise some place; or to lie in ambush where the king or his people were to pass, 2 KINGS 6:9....
2 Kings 6:8 king H4428 Syria H758 war H3898 (H8737) Israel H3478 consulted H3289 (H8735) servants H56
ISRAEL'S ONE MAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO ABDUCT HIM (2 KINGS 6:8). The king of Aram was puzzled because he kept raiding Israel only to discover each time that the king of Israel...
2 Kings 6:1. _And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us._ It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about them c...
CONTENTS: Elisha recovers the lost axe. Seige of Samaria by Syrians. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Ben-hadad, Jehoram, nameless woman. CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees can see more than the philosop...
2 Kings 6:1. _Sons of the prophets._ See on 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5. Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their college was a plain home-built house....
_Then the King of Syria warred against Israel._ ELISHA AT DOTHAN Seeing the invisible! Here is the young business man. He spends his days in a close and musty counting-room, casting up interminable f...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:1 With the healing of Naaman, Elisha has involved himself with Syria for the first time. That involvement now occupies most of the next two chapters, as the authors prepare t...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:8 THE KING OF SYRIA WAS WARRING AGAINST ISRAEL. Relations between Syria and Israel have worsened since ch. 2 Kings 5:1....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 6:12. ELISHA … TELLETH … THE WORDS THOU SPEAKEST IN THY BEDCHAMBER—Elisha apprised king Jehoram of the designs of the Syrian king, who thereby was enabled to...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-7:20 FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. The historian relates first a (comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of Jericho, for the benefit of one of the ...
Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very bra...
1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 20:23; 1 Kings 20:34; 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Kings