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John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 8:29

And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Ver. 29. To be healed in Jezreel.] Which is said to be twenty-four miles from Ramothgilead, and was looked upon as a place of more security.

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See also 2 Kings 8:29 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 8:29. _WENT BACK TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL_] And there he continued till Jehu conspired against and slew him there. And thus the blood of the innocents, which had been shed by Ahab and his...

  • 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

    RAMAH. Ramoth-gilead....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And king Joram went back_[R.V. RETURNED] _to be healed in Jezreel_ The verb is changed to conform to the translation in Chronicles. Jezreel was one of the capital cities of the northern kingdom, wher...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH OF JUDAH 8:25-29 TRANSLATION (25) In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. (26) Ahaziah was twenty-two yea...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RAMAH] i.e. Ramoth Gilead....

  • 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

    (25-29) The reign of Ahaziah king of Judah. His expedition with Joram of Israel against Hazael at Ramoth-gilead. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 22:1.) TWO-AND-TWENTY YEARS OLD. — He was Jehoram’a youngest son (2...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    JORAM WENT BACK. — With a few personal attendants. He left the army at Ramoth (2 Kings 9:14) under the command of the generals, and perhaps of Ahaziah. IN JEZREEL. — The seat of the court at this time...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּשָׁב֩ יֹורָ֨ם הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ לְ הִתְרַפֵּ֣

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    (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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And king Joram went back to be healed in (q) Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah w...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I bring all these verses within one point of view, as they only relate to us the short, but wicked reign, of another of Judah's kings. And I only detain the Reader with a single observation upon this...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! let us pause over our review of this chapter, for many are the gospel instructions we may take home to our own hearts under the Holy Ghost's gracious teachings. In the restoration...

  • 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

    Ver. 29 AND KING JORAM WENT BACK,.... From Ramoth, having taken it, and left his army there: TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL OF THE WOUNDS WHICH THE SYRIANS HAD GIVEN HIM AT RAMAH; the same with Ramothgilead...

  • 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 King Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel, his summer residence, OF THE WOUNDS WHICH THE SYRIANS HAD GIVEN HIM AT RAMAH, that is, the Ramoth in the country of Gilead, WHEN HE FOUGHT AGAINST HAZ...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE REIGN OF JEHORAM AND OF AHAZIAH...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WOUNDS WHICH THE SYRIANS: _ Heb._ wherewith the Syrians had wounded HAD GIVEN: _ Heb._ wounded...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-29 Names do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's family was the occasion of his wickedness and of his fall. When men...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The same place with Ramoth, or Ramoth-gilead....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 8:29 King H4428 Joram H3141 back H7725 (H8799) Jezreel H3157 recover H7495 (H8692) wounds H4347 Syrians...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AHAZIAH UNWITTINGLY BECOMES INVOLVED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF JEHORAM, KING OF ISRAEL AND THE REBELLION OF JEHU (2KI 8:28; 2 KINGS 9:14 A). Once he had come to the throne Ahaziah and Judah joined in an al...

  • 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

    _In the twelfth year of Joram._ KINGHOOD: THE CONVENTIONAL AND THE TRUE Looking at King Ahaziah, as here sketched, two points strike our attention. I. A king by physical heredity. This man came fro...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:28 WAR AGAINST HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA. Another joint battle against the Syrians at RAMOTH-GILEAD (see 1 Kings

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chronicles 22:6; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 Kings 9:15;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ramah — The same place with Ramoth, or Ramoth — Gilead....

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