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Verse 2 Kings 8:17. _HE REIGNED EIGHT YEARS IN JERUSALEM._] Beginning
with the fifth year of Joram, king of Israel. He reigned _three years_
with _Jehoshaphat_ his father, and _five years_ alone; i.e....
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The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of
Judah from 1 Kings 22:50.
2 Kings 8:16
The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab,
king of Israel, and of Jeho...
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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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_when he_began _to reign_ The narrative of the Chronicler (2
Chronicles 21:2-4) tells how at the commencement of his reign Jehoram
slew his seven brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel. Thu...
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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...
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_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....
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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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(16-24) The reign of Jehoram, king of Judah. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 21)...
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THIRTY AND TWO YEARS OLD... IN JERUSALEM. — Comp. the similar
notices in 2 Kings 12 and the succeeding Chapter s. How different are
these short annalistic summaries, the work of the Judæan compiler,
f...
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בֶּן ־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּ שְׁתַּ֛יִם
שָׁנָ֖ה הָיָ֣ה...
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(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...
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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...
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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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CHAPTER VIII....
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I would have the Reader remark with me on the character here given of
pious Jehoshaphat's son, how dreadful it must have been to such a
father to have so degenerate a son. Grace is not hereditary.
Jeh...
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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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THIRTY AND TWO YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN,.... The second
time, in the lifetime of his father:
AND HE REIGNED EIGHT YEARS IN JERUSALEM; which ended in the twelfth
year of Joram king of I...
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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
Ver. 17. _And he reigned eight years._] Six years he reigned with his
father, and eight years after hi...
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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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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem, six of these alone....
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THE REIGN OF JEHORAM AND OF AHAZIAH...
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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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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...
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2 Kings 8:17 thirty-two H7970 H8147 years H8141 old H1121 king H4427
(H8800) reigned H4427 (H8804) eight...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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2 Kings 8:17...