So Joram went over to Zair, a fortified city of Idumea, and all the chariots with him, the full strength of his army; and he rose by night and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, who were threatening to take him and his whole army captive, and the captains of the chariots. And the people, that is, the Judean soldiers, fled into their tents, to their homes, barely escaping an utter defeat.
Verse 2 Kings 8:21. _JORAM WENT OVER TO ZAIR_] This is the same as _Seir_, a chief city of Idumea. So Isaiah 21:11: _The burden of Dumah_ (Idumea.) _He calleth to me out of Seir_. _SMOTE THE EDOMITE...
ZAIR - Perhaps Seir, the famous mountain of Edom Genesis 14:6. THE PEOPLE - i. e., The Edomites. Yet, notwithstanding his success, Joram was forced to withdraw from the country, and to leave the nativ...
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...
THE PEOPLE: i.e. of Judah....
_So Joram went_[R.V. THEN JORAM PASSED] _over to Zair_ The name Zair is only found here. In the parallel passage of 2 Chronicles 21. we find -with his princes" instead of -to Zair", and as there is so...
III. CONTEMPORARY EVENTS IN JUDAH 8:16-29 At this point the author picks up the history of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50 and gives a brief resume of the reigns of (1) Jehoram (2 Kings 8:16-24), and (2) Aha...
_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....
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...
ZAIR] This place is only mentioned here, and the Vulgate reads Seir, another name for Edom. THE PEOPLE.. TENTS] The people referred to is the people of Judah. Joram, when surrounded by the Edomites,...
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 aw...
(16-24) The reign of Jehoram, king of Judah. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 21)...
SO JORAM WENT OVER TO ZAIR. — No town called Zair is otherwise known. Hitzig and Ewald would read Zoar, but Zoar lay in Moab, not in Edom. (Jeremiah 48:34; Isaiah 15:5; Genesis 19:30;...
וַ יַּעֲבֹ֤ר יֹורָם֙ צָעִ֔ירָה וְ כָל ־הָ
(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...
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...
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...
Seira, or Idumea, Genesis xiv. 6. --- Defeated. The Syriac and Arabic explain it in a contrary sense, as the Hebrew may well signify, and the sequel seems to prove, as the Edomites became independent....
Nothing further remarkable appears in the lives of these impious men but that they lived, transgressed, and died. Indeed, in the parallel history in the book of the Chronicles, we are told that this m...
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 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...
SO JORAM WENT OVER TO ZAIR,.... A city in Edom, the same with the Zaara of Ptolemy i; some take it to be the same with Seir, the mountain or country of that name: AND ALL THE CHARIOTS WITH HIM; all t...
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tent...
_Joram went over to Zair_ This word is written differently from _Seir_, and therefore, it seems, does not signify any part of the country of Edom, but some city near to it. _And smote the Edomites whi...
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...
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.4:32-3...
16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union w...
i.e. The common soldiers of the Edomites, herein following the example of their captains....
2 Kings 8:21 Joram H3141 went H5674 (H8799) Zair H6811 chariots H7393 rose H6965 (H8804) night H3915 attacked...
THE REIGN OF JEHORAM, KING OF JUDAH (2 KINGS 8:16). C. 848-841 BC CO-REGENT WITH JEHOSHAPHAT FROM 853 BC. During the time that Jehoram of Judah was on the throne of Judah, Jehoram of Israel (see 2 Kin...
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...
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 in...
_Jehoram--began to reign._ LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF JEHORAM This is a short fragment of a king’s history, the history of Jehoram. Brief as it is, it contains many practical truths. I. That piety is...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:20 IN HIS DAYS EDOM REVOLTED. The punishment of David’s house in this case (see note on v. 19) comes in Jehoram’s failure to subdue a rebellion by Edom, a country ruled by a...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND...
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...
2 Kings 8:21...