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2 Kings 6:22

2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 Kings 6:22 You shall not strike them down. Jehoram would not kill men taken captive with your sword and with your bow, and these are not even men like that. They are to be treated as guests.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 6:22. _WHOM THOU HAST TAKEN CAPTIVE_] Those who in open _battle_ either lay down their arms, or are surrounded, and have their retreat cut off, are entitled to their lives, much more th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WOULDEST THOU SMITE ... - It is doubtful whether this sentence is really interrogative. Others translate - “Smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword,” etc. A contrast is intended betwee...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _wouldest thou smite_those _whom thou hast taken captive_ The prophet points out that the men are not even captives whom the king himself has taken. Had they been so, yet the laws of war would have fo...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WOULDEST THOU SMITE THOSE, &C.?— _Wouldest thou smite them as if thou hadst taken them,_ &c.? Houbigant. Elisha here urges, that it would not only be more merciful, but more prudent and politic, to sp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. ELISHA CAPTURES A TROOP OF SOLDIERS 6:13-23 TRANSLATION (13) And he said, Go and observe where he is, that I may send, and take him. And someone told him, Behold, in Dothan. (14) And he sent there...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO SAMARIA, THAT ELISHA SAID, LORD, OPEN THE EYES OF THESE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE. AND THE LORD OPENED THEIR EYES, AND THEY SAW; AND, BEHOLD, THEY WERE IN T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WOULDEST THOU SMITE, etc.] If the king would not smite captives whom he had taken by his own valour, much less could he expect to be allowed to smite those who had been delivered into his hands by ano...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU SHALT NOT. — Or, _thou must not_. WOULDEST THOU SMITE... THY BOW? — The Hebrew order is, “An quos ceperis gladío et arcu percussuruses?” (Comp. Genesis 48:22.) Elisha says, “These men are virtua...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א תַכֶּ֔ה הַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁבִ֛ית

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    OPENED EYES 2 Kings 6:14 This is an acted parable of extreme beauty and suggestiveness. First, the stroke of trouble-swift, unlooked for, and apparently insurmountable; then the vivid contrast betwee...

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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    For thou. Hebrew, "Dost thou kill, &c.?" If those who have surrendered themselves in battle be often spared, though they might be slain by the strict laws of war, how much less ought these men to be t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How sweet a gospel lesson is folded up under these verses! When Jesus brings his enemies under his power; and when their eyes are opened to see how the Lord hath surrounded them, their knees bow befor...

  • 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 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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE ANSWERED, THOU SHALT NOT SMITE THEM,.... For they were not his, but the prophet's captives, or rather the Lord's: WOULDEST THOU SMITE THOSE WHOM THOU HAST TAKEN CAPTIVE WITH THY SWORD AND WITH...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he answered, Thou shalt not smite [them]: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and...

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

    _Shall I smite them? shall I smite them?_ This repetition of the question shows his eager desire to fall upon them and kill them. Perhaps he remembered how God was displeased at his father for dismiss...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BLINDNESS OF THE SYRIANS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he, with the proper humaneness which would consider it highly improper to take a mean advantage of an enemy, ANSWERED, THOU SHALT NOT SMITE THEM. WOULDEST THOU SMITE THOSE WHOM THOU HAST TAKEN CAP...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    "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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-23 What Elisha said to his servant is spoken to all the faithful servants of God, when without are fightings, and within are fears. Fear not, with that fear which has torment and amazement; for th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    It is against the laws of humanity, and custom of war, to kill captives, though thou thyself hast taken them with thy own sword and bow, which may seem to give thee some colour of right to destroy the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 6:22 answered H559 (H8799) kill H5221 (H8686) kill H5221 (H8688) captive H7617 (H8804) sword...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 28:8; Deuteronomy 20:11; Genesis 48:22; Hosea 1:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Wouldest thou smite — It is against the laws of humanity, to kill captives, though thou thyself hast taken them with thy own sword and bow; which might seem to give thee some colour to destroy them; b...

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