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Verse 2 Kings 8:15. _A THICK CLOTH_] The versions, in general,
understand this of a _hairy_ or _woollen_ cloth.
_SO THAT HE DIED_] He was smothered, or suffocated....
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A THICK CLOTH - Probably, a cloth or mat placed between the head and
the upper part of the bedstead, which in Egypt and Assyria was often
so shaped that pillows (in our sense) were unnecessary.
The ob...
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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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IT CAME TO PASS. The inscriptions of Shal-manezer II agree with this.
The name of Jehu appears on them with Hazael's....
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_on the morrow_ He would not tarry. The means he employed was probably
the coverlet of the bed, which, soaked and laid over the sick man's
face, would effectually stop his breath. The noun rendered -t...
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HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER— He did this that no
signs of violence might appear upon him; for had the murder been in
the least suspected, Hazael could not so easily have acceded to t...
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D. PREDICTION CONCERNING THE CAREER OF HAZAEL 8:7-15
TRANSLATION
(7) Now Elisha went to Damascus when Benhadad the king of Aram was
sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here. (8...
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_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_ HAMAKBE...
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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 aw...
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(7-15) Elisha’s visit to Damascus, and its consequences....
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HE TOOK — _i.e._, Hazael, the nearest subject. Ewald objects that if
Hazael were meant, his name would not occur where it does at the end
of the verse. But the objection does not hold, for in relating...
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וַ יְהִ֣י מִֽ מָּחֳרָ֗ת וַ יִּקַּ֤ח הַ
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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 on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and
dipped [it] in water, and (h) spread [it] on his face, so that he
died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
(h) Under pretence to refre...
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Blanket. Hebrew macber, a word which the Septuagint retain. (Haydock)
--- It denotes a hairy coverlet, pillow, &c. Tiberius and Frederic II
met with the like fate. (Calmet) --- some think that Hazael...
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I hardly know a passage in history, even if simply considered as an
history, more strikingly interesting to the feelings than this
interview, as here related between Hazael and the prophet. Figure to...
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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 ON THE MORROW,.... In such haste was Hazael to be
king, as the prophet said he would be:
THAT HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER, AND SPREAD IT ON
HIS FACE, SO THAT HE...
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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.
Ver. 15. _He took a thick cloth...
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_And spread it on his face_ Pretending, it may be, to cool his
immoderate heat with it, but applying it so closely that he choked him
therewith; the king being weak, and unable to help himself, or per...
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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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And it came to pass on the morrow that he took a thick cloth, a heavy,
woven coverlet, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER, which increased its heaviness
still more, AND SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE SO THAT HE DIED. AND...
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HAZAEL ANOINTED KING...
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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.4:32-3...
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7-15 Among other changes of men's minds by affliction, it often gives
other thoughts of God's ministers, and teaches to value the counsels
and prayers of those whom they have hated and despised. It w...
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2 Kings 8:15 day H4283 took H3947 (H8799) cloth H4346 dipped H2881
(H8799) water H4325 spread H6566 ...
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BENHADAD OF ARAM, THROUGH HIS SERVANT HAZAEL, SEEKS ELISHA'S ASSURANCE
THAT HIS ILLNESS IS NOT FATAL, BUT ELISHA DISCERNS DARK DEEDS AHEAD AT
THE HANDS OF HAZAEL (2 KINGS 8:7).
This incident presumabl...
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2 Kings 8:7
From this history some points of instruction may be derived.
I. You cannot predict, from a man's early natural disposition, what he
will be capable of. Nothing will save a man but firm h...
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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 in...
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_Elisha came to Damascus._
STRIKING CHARACTERS
We have here--
I. A dying king.
1. This dying king was very anxious. “Shall I recover of this
disease?” This was the question he wanted Elisha to answ...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:7 The house of Omri has now held the
throne of Israel since 1 Kings 16:23, and in spite of Elijah’s
prophecy about its end ...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:15 HAZAEL BECAME KING. Hazael came to
power in Syria sometime between 845 B.C., when it is known that
Ben-hadad was still on the throne, and 841. He reigned for about 40
year...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 8:7. AND ELISHA CAME TO DAMASCUS—Elijah, his master, had
been divinely commissioned to this (1 Kings 19:15), and now Elisha.
“by the instigation of the Spirit”...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 8:1
THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY
HAZAEL; AND...
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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 11:26; 1 Kings 15:28; 1 Kings 16:10; 1 Kings 16:18;...
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Spread it — So closely, that he choaked him therewith....