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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א תַכֶּ֔ה הַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר
שָׁבִ֛ית
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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2 Chronicles 28:8; Deuteronomy 20:11; Genesis 48:22; Hosea 1:7;...
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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...