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Verse 27. _IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE_] Some read this as an
_imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee_?...
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IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP - The translation in the text is decidedly
better than the marginal rendering. Some prefer to render - “Nay ...
let Jehovah help thee. Whence, shall I help thee?”
OUT OF THE BA...
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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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2 Kings 6:24 to 2 Kings 7:20. THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA. The date and
source of this episode need discussion. The name of the king of Syria,
as in 1 Kings 20, was Ben-hadad; the king of Israel is not named...
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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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IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE. Hebrew reads "Let not Jehovah help
thee", as in Authorized Version margin The Revised Version "Nay, let
Jehovah help thee", is contrary to the normal sense of this negati...
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If _the Lord do not help thee_ There is some difficulty here. The word
rendered -if … not" is that which in Hebrew is generally put with an
imperative = -Let not". So that the sense would be -May the...
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II. ELISHA'S PREDICTIVE MIRACLES 6:24-8:15
Three predictive miracles of Elisha are recorded in connection with
this period of Aramean invasion: He predicted (1) the deliverance of
Samaria from an Aram...
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_AND HE SAID, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE?
OUT OF THE BARNFLOOR, OR OUT OF THE WINEPRESS?_
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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IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE. — This is right. The marginal
rendering, “Let not the Lord help thee!” — i.e., “May the Lord
destroy thee!” would be possible in another context. Another
rendering is, “N...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַל ־יֹושִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה
מֵ אַ֖י
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THE FAMINE AND THE SIEGE
2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 7:1
"‘Tis truly no flood plan when princes play
The vulture among carrion; but when
They play the carrion among vultures-that
Is ten times worse....
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THE DIRE STRAITS OF THOSE WHO FORSAKE GOD
2 Kings 6:24
This siege was the result of Ahab's foolish and misplaced leniency.
See 1 Kings 20:42. The children are often called to suffer for the
misdeeds...
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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 he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?
out of the (o) barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
(o) Meaning, any kind of food as corn and wine....
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CHAPTER VI.
_ Save ( salvat.) Many ancient manuscripts read salvet, conformably to
the Hebrew and Septuagint, as if the king cursed the woman: "Let not
the Lord save thee," Josephus [Antiquities?] ix...
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To what a dreadful state was Israel now reduced; but yet not a word of
reform. We do not hear of a single soul sending up a cry to heaven.
Alas! how sin hardens the mind! And to what a dreadful degree...
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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 HE SAID, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP
THEE?.... Mistaking her meaning, as if she prayed him to relieve her
hunger; the margin of our Bible is, "let not the Lord save thee"; an...
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And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?
out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
Ver. 27. _If the Lord do not help thee._] Or - by way of angry
imprecation - Let no...
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_The king of Israel was passing on the wall_ To give necessary
directions for the defence of the city against assault; to see if the
several guards were watchful and diligent, and if his orders were
e...
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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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THE GREAT FAMINE IN SAMARIA...
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And he said, in bitterness verging on despair, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP
THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE, OUT OF THE BARN-FLOOR, the product of
threshing, grain or flour, OR OUT OF THE WINE-PRESS? It was...
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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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24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how
contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted
with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the...
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IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, or, _let not God help thee_, as some
both ancient and late interpreters render the words. So they are words
of impatience, and rage, and a formal curse, wishing that God...
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2 Kings 6:27 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 help H3467 (H8686) where
H370 help H3467 (H8686) floor...
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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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_And there was a great famine in Samaria._
FAMINE, A JUDGMENT OF GOD
The language of truth, you perceive, formed the first portion of his
words, and the language of despair the conclusion.
I. That w...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:26 HELP, MY LORD, O KING. The plea is
directed to the king as the ultimate court of human justice, as in 1
Kings 3:16. Israel has strayed a
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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 gr...
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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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Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 17:5; Psalms 118:8; Psalms 118:9; Psalms 124:1;...
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Whence shall I help thee — Dost thou ask of me corn or wine, which I
want for myself? If God does not, I cannot help thee. Creatures are
helpless things without God. Every creature is all that, and on...