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Verse 2 Kings 6:10. _SENT TO THE PLACE_] To see if it were so. But
the _Vulgate_ gives it quite a different turn: _Misit rex Israel ad_
_locum, et praeoccupavit eum_. The king of Israel sent previous...
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SAVED HIMSELF - Rather, he “was ware.” The verb used is the same
which is translated “beware” in the preceding verse....
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5. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The lost axe-head recovered (2 Kings 6:1)_
2. Elisha makes known Ben-hadad's plans (2 Kings 6:8)
3. Elisha's arrest planned (2 Kings 6:13)
4. The blinded
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AN AXEHEAD SWIMS. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS AT DOTHAN. In several minor
miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word,
but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying waters...
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_sent to the place_ A single messenger, against whom the Syrians would
do nothing, would be enough to find out whether the prophet's warning
were true.
_not once nor twice_ i.e. but several times....
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I. ELISHA'S PATRIOTIC MIRACLES 6:8-23
Elisha was involved in the crisis which his nation faced at the hands
of the Arameans. On various occasions Elisha rendered valuable aid to
his king by revealing...
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_AND THE MAN OF GOD SENT UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, BEWARE THAT
THOU PASS NOT SUCH A PLACE; FOR THITHER THE SYRIANS ARE COME DOWN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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ELISHA AND THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA
1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan (2 Kings 6:2)
suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2
Kings 2:5. Probably Elisha did...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
THE AXE THAT THE MAN LOST
V1 The group of the *prophets spoke to Elisha. ‘The place where we
meet with you is too s...
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SENT. — A sufficient force to hold the place, so that the Syrians
had to return unsuccessful.
WARNED. — Ezekiel 3:19; 2 Chronicles 19:10.
SAVED HIMSELF. — _Was wary; on his guard_ (2 Kings 6:9).
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֞ח מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
אֶֽל ־הַ מּ
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ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
2 Kings 6:1
"Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city."
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was, during a gr...
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THE SERVANT OF THE LORD OF BATTLES
2 Kings 6:1
To us, the first of these miracles may appear somewhat trivial, but we
must remember the value of an iron axe-head at that time, the
inconvenience and d...
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The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but
quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation
of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The growt...
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And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him
and warned him of, and (d) saved himself there, not once nor twice.
(d) The wicked conspire nothing so craftily, but God can rev...
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_Twice, but very frequently: so that the Syrian feared some treachery.
(Haydock)_...
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Reader! while you pay a just tribute of praise to the Lord of Elisha,
for making him thus instrumental in the deliverance of Israel; shall
not our minds be led to reflect how graciously our Jesus, by...
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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 sons of the prophets must enlarge their dwelling-place, and
Elisha, who consents to go with them, secures them from the results of
their negligence by reversing the laws of nature. I know not if w...
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AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SENT TO THE PLACE WHICH THE MAN OF GOD TOLD
HIM, AND WARNED HIM OF,.... Sent spies thither to see whether the
Syrians were there or not, and whether it was truth the man of God...
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And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him
and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
Ver. 10. _And saved himself there._] It was the king himself who...
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_The king of Israel sent to the place_ Either spies, to know whether
the information which the prophet had given him was true, or soldiers,
to secure the place and passage designed. By this means he f...
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1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to inlarge their dwellings,
causeth yron to swim.
8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his counsell.
13 The armie which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elish...
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And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him
and warned him of, always occupying these places in advance, AND SAVED
HIMSELF THERE, thus frustrating the plans of the Syrians,...
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THE BLINDNESS OF THE SYRIANS...
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"TOO SMALL FOR US"
(vv.1-7)
The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with
Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far
as the record goes) that indicated th...
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8-12 The king of Israel regarded the warnings Elisha gave him, of
danger from the Syrians, but would not heed the warnings of danger
from his sins. Such warnings are little heeded by most; they would...
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SENT TO THE PLACE, either spies, to try whether the prophet spake
truth; or rather, soldiers, to secure the place and passage designed.
SAVED HIMSELF; either his person when he was to pass that way; o...
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2 Kings 6:10 king H4428 Israel H3478 sent H7971 (H8799) place H4725
man H376 God H430 told H559 ...
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ISRAEL'S ONE MAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO ABDUCT
HIM (2 KINGS 6:8).
The king of Aram was puzzled because he kept raiding Israel only to
discover each time that the king of Israel...
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2 Kings 6:1. _And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold
now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us._
It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about them
c...
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CONTENTS: Elisha recovers the lost axe. Seige of Samaria by Syrians.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Ben-hadad, Jehoram, nameless woman.
CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees can see more than the
philosop...
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2 Kings 6:1. _Sons of the prophets._ See on 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5.
Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their
college was a plain home-built house....
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_Then the King of Syria warred against Israel._
ELISHA AT DOTHAN
Seeing the invisible! Here is the young business man. He spends his
days in a close and musty counting-room, casting up interminable
f...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:1 With the healing of Naaman, Elisha has
involved himself with Syria for the first time. That involvement now
occupies most of the next two chapters, as the authors prepare t...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-7:20
FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. The historian relates first a
(comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of
Jericho, for the benefit of one of the ...
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Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man
with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually
helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very bra...
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1 Kings 20:15; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Kings 13:14; 2 Kings 2:12;...