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Verse 30. HE HAD _SACKCLOTH WITHIN UPON HIS FLESH._] The king was in
deep mourning for the distresses of the people....
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SACKCLOTH - Jehoram hoped perhaps to avert Yahweh’s anger, as his
father had done 1 Kings 21:29. But there was no spirit of
self-humiliation, or of true pentitence in his heart 2 Kings 5:7. See
the ne...
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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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_and he passed by upon the wall_ The R.V. places these words in a
parenthesis rendering (Now he was passing by upon the wall).
_the people looked_ At such an appeal many would congregate beside the
t...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE KING HEARD THE WORDS OF THE WOMAN, THAT
HE RENT HIS CLOTHES; AND HE PASSED BY UPON THE WALL, AND THE PEOPLE
LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, HE HAD SACKCLOTH WITHIN UPON HIS FLESH._...
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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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AND HE PASSED. — _Now he was passing_. The people in the streets
below would see him well as he passed along the rampart.
LOOKED. — _Saw_.
HE HAD SACKCLOTH. — Rather, _the sackcloth was_. “The sackcl...
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וַ יְהִי֩ כִ שְׁמֹ֨עַ הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת
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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 it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that
he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people
looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within (p) upon his fl...
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_Passed by, without punishing such a horrid crime, as he esteemed his
own sins the occasion of it. (Menochius) --- Flesh. Behold the
advantage to be derived from afflictions! They make the most harden...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE KING HEARD THE WORDS OF THE WOMAN, THAT
HE RENT HIS CLOTHES,.... At the horror of the fact reported, and
through grief that his people were brought into such distress thr...
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And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that
he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people
looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh....
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_When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes_
Partly through grief for such a horrid fact, and partly through
indignation at the prophet. _And the people looked_ Who were in great...
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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 it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that
he rent his clothes, in uncontrollable grief and horror; AND HE PASSED
BY UPON THE WALL, AND THE PEOPLE LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, HE HA...
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THE GREAT FAMINE IN SAMARIA...
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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 I do not this day take his head and life. This wretched and partial
prince overlooks his own great and various sins, and, amongst others,
his obstinate cleaving to the idolatry of the calves, and t...
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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 6:30 HE TORE HIS CLOTHES. See notes on
2:11–13; 5:5–7. Likewise, SACKCLOTH symbolizes mourning and
distress. Je
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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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1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 5:7; Isaiah 58:5...