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 an introduction to the narrative which follows. 2 Kings 8:4. AND THE KING TALKED—_Was_ (that moment... [ Continue Reading ]
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” (_Thenius_), sets out to the task he inherited to perform. BENHADAD, KING OF SYRIA, WAS SICK—He. h... [ Continue Reading ]
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 worship of Baal into Judah (2 Chronicles 21 :). 2 Kings 8:19. TO GIVE HIM ALWAY A LIGHT, _and_ TO... [ Continue Reading ]