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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

2 Kings 8:4

Quest. How could the king speak with Gehazi, who was a leper? Answ. Either the king might speak with him at a convenient distance, it being usual for others to discourse with lepers, as 2 Kings 7:8 Matthew 8:2 Luke 17:12; or his leprosy might be of that sort which was not infectious; or, if his leprosy was such as made him yet to be unclean, the king's great curiosity might easily prevail with him to break a ceremonial law, who made no scruple of violating God's moral law.

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See also 2 Kings 8:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 8:4. _THE KING TALKED WITH GEHAZI_] This is supposed to have happened _before_ the cleansing of Naaman, for is it likely that the king would hold conversation with a leprous man; or tha...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALL THE GREAT THINGS. See note on 2 Kings 2:15....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the king talked_[R.V. WAS TALKING] _with Gehazi_ For a brief conference we find Naaman coming to the court of Israel and probably obtaining an interview with the king or some of those in immediate at...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. PREDICTION OF FAMINE IN ISRAEL 8:1-6 TRANSLATION (1) Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had revived, saying, Arise, you and your household go, and sojourn wherever you may sojourn; fo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:4 servant (c-9) Lit. 'young man' as elsewhere....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE KING TALKED. — _And the king was speaking unto._ GEHAZI. — He, therefore, was not yet a leper (2 Kings 5:27). So Keil and some earlier expositors. But lepers, though excluded from the city, we...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ מְדַבֵּר֙ אֶל ־גֵּ֣חֲזִ֔י נַ֥ע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Giezi was not yet infected; (Salien; Menochius) or if he was, (Haydock) the king spoke to him at a distance, overcoming his natural repugnance, in order to know some particulars of the life of Eliseu...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The history of this Shunammite, in having her land restored to her, is very interesting. But the spiritual improvement to be made of the passage is much more so. You and I, Reader, have left our settl...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING TALKED WITH GEHAZI THE SERVANT OF THE MAN OF GOD,.... Elisha's servant, just at the same time the woman made her application to him; so that this was before he was dismissed from the serv...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 4. _And the king talked with Gehazi._] Though a leper, as...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God_ Or, who had been his servant formerly. The law did not forbid conversing with lepers at a due distance, but only the dwelling with them. Th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, he was anxious to know more about the personal life of the gre...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Elisha's Powerful Influence at Court...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha, was rewarded by the care taken of her in famine. It is well to foresee an evil, and wisdom, when we foresee it, to hide ourselves if we lawfully may...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 8:4 king H4428 talked H1696 (H8764) Gehazi H1522 servant H5288 man H376 God H430 saying H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SHUNAMMITE, NOW A WIDOW, HAS HER LAND RESTORED TO HER BY THE KING OF ISRAEL (2 KINGS 8:1). The prophetic author has two purposes in this incident. Firstly to emphasis the miraculous powers of Eli...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the King talked with Gehazi._ THE SPECIAL PROVIDENCE OF JEHOVAH ILLUSTRATED We approach, in this chapter, the end of Elisha’s wondrous but most useful career. His days are now perceptibly number...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then spake Elisha unto the woman._ THE POTENT INFLUENCE OF A GOOD MAN I. His counsel is valuable, and gratefully acted upon. Here we see how the kindness shown by the Shunammite receives still furt...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:1 After the long narrative about the siege of Samaria (2 Kings 6:24), the Shunammite woman of 2 Kin

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ELISHA IN DAMASCUS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 8:1. THEN SPOKE ELISHA—The pluperfect tense: _Now Elisha had spoken_. This section dates prior to Chapter s 5 and 6, but is given here as...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 2:14; 2 Kings 2:20; 2 Kings 2:24; 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 4:16

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Gehazi the servant — Formerly his servant. The law did not forbid conversing with lepers, but only dwelling with them....

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