ELISHA AND THE SYRIAN INVASION CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 6:2. TAKE THENCE EVERY MAN A BEAM—The wooded banks of the Jordan would furnish timber readily; probably Bethel or Jericho. Although, evidently, the students of Elisha were of a humble character, and he offered them but few indu... [ Continue Reading ]
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 anticipate and defeat his guerilla attacks. 2 Kings 6:13. BEHOLD HE IS IN DOTHAN—In a narrow pass t... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 6:19. I WILL BRING YOU TO THE MAN WHOM YE SEEK—This was an evasion for a good purpose, and not an untruth, for Elisha did bring them to him, vanquished and grateful; in the sense of having won them to him, capturing them in the meshes of kindness, instead of... [ Continue Reading ]