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Verse 2 Kings 8:8. _TAKE A PRESENT IN THINE HAND_] But what an immense
present was this - _forty camels' burden of every good thing of_
_Damascus_! The prophet would need to have a very large establis...
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Hazael was no doubt a high officer of the court. The names of Hazael
and Benhadad occur in the Assyrian inscription on the Black Obelisk
now in the British Museum. Both are mentioned as kings of Damas...
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ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA. This chapter is
somewhat varied as to composition. It opens with a short story about
Elisha (2 Kings 8:1), of which we may presuppose (_a_) that it is...
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HAZAEL. One of Ben-hadad's servants.
PRESENT. It does not say that Elisha accepted it....
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_the king said unto Hazael_ Josephus says Hazael was the most trusted
of Benhadad's household. He was evidently one of his chief ministers,
and must have been in some prominent position at the time wh...
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D. PREDICTION CONCERNING THE CAREER OF HAZAEL 8:7-15
TRANSLATION
(7) Now Elisha went to Damascus when Benhadad the king of Aram was
sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here. (8...
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_AND THE KING SAID UNTO HAZAEL, TAKE A PRESENT IN THINE HAND, AND GO,
MEET THE MAN OF GOD, AND INQUIRE OF THE LORD BY HIM, SAYING, SHALL I
RECOVER OF THIS DISEASE?_
The king said unto Hazael ... It i...
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ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. ELISHA AND HAZAEL. REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND
AHAZIAH OF JUDAH
1. Then spake Elisha] The occasion is not indicated, all the stories
related of Elisha in this and the three prece...
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HAZAEL] one of Benhadad's servants....
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
THE REPORT ABOUT ELISHA’S *MIRACLES
V1 Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had brought back to
life. ‘Go aw...
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(7-15) Elisha’s visit to Damascus, and its consequences....
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HAZAEL. — See Note on 2 Kings 8:15. In 1 Kings 19:15; 1 Kings 19:17
the name is written _Hăzâh’êl_; here it is spelt with an
etymological allusion, _Hăzâh’êl, i.e._, “El hath seen”
(foreseen). Hazael...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל
־חֲזָהאֵ֗ל קַ֤ח
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THE SHUNAMMITE AND HAZAEL
2 Kings 8:1
(_ Circa_ B.C. 886)
"Our acts still follow with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are."
-GEORGE ELIOT
THE next anecdote of Elisha brings u...
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THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE
2 Kings 8:1
Nothing happens in our life or in the world apart from the divine
appointment or permission. Behind every event and incident there is a
divine providence. The...
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The influence of Elisha is incidentally seen in the converse of the
king with Gehazi and the restoration of the lands of the Shunammite
woman for the sake of the prophet.
Elisha visited Damascus, wher...
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It is not very easy to ascertain at what time it was that Elisha paid
this visit to Damascus. The Lord had commanded Elijah about 21 years
before this period: See 1 Kings 19:15. (that is, supposing, t...
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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 history of the woman [1], whose son Elisha had raised to life
again, gives us a little picture of all God's dealings with Israel.
During long years, as determined by Jehovah, Israel is deprived of...
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AND THE KING SAID TO HAZAEL,.... The captain general of his army:
TAKE A PRESENT IN THINE HAND, AND GO AND MEET THE MAN OF GOD, who,
perhaps, was not as yet come into the city, only into the region o...
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And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go,
meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I
recover of this disease?
Ver. 8. _Take a present._] For so he...
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The _king said, Go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord,_ &c.
In his health _he bowed down in the house of Rimmon_, but now he sends
to inquire of the God of Israel. It is not long since he s...
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1 The Shunammite, hauing left her countrey seuen yeeres, to auoide the
forewarned famine, for Elishas miracle sake, hath her land restored by
the king.
7 Hazael being sent with a present by Benhadad...
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And the king said unto Hazael, one of his high officers, perhaps even
commander-in-chief of the army, TAKE A PRESENT IN THINE HAND AND GO,
MEET THE MAN OF GOD, whose fame had been spread far and wide,...
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HAZAEL ANOINTED KING...
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THE SHUNAMITE AGAIN
(vv.1-6)
The Shunamite woman is typical of the godly remnant of Israel. She had
learned the grace of God in giving new life (ch.4:17) and further in
resurrection power (ch.4:32-3...
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7-15 Among other changes of men's minds by affliction, it often gives
other thoughts of God's ministers, and teaches to value the counsels
and prayers of those whom they have hated and despised. It w...
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TAKE A PRESENT IN THINE HAND; by which he thought to purchase his
favour, and the healing of his disease....
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BENHADAD OF ARAM, THROUGH HIS SERVANT HAZAEL, SEEKS ELISHA'S ASSURANCE
THAT HIS ILLNESS IS NOT FATAL, BUT ELISHA DISCERNS DARK DEEDS AHEAD AT
THE HANDS OF HAZAEL (2 KINGS 8:7).
This incident presumabl...
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2 Kings 8:7
From this history some points of instruction may be derived.
I. You cannot predict, from a man's early natural disposition, what he
will be capable of. Nothing will save a man but firm h...
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CONTENTS: Famine predicted. Jehoram restores the Shunanmite land.
Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah and Joram of Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Gehazi, Jehoram, Ben-hadad, Hazael, Ahaziah,
Shu...
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2 Kings 8:8. _Take a present._ See on 1 Kings 14:3.
2 Kings 8:10. _Thou mayest certainly recover._ Aye, say as you all do,
both physicians and courtiers. Cry aloud, for Baal is a god. This was
said in...
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_Elisha came to Damascus._
STRIKING CHARACTERS
We have here--
I. A dying king.
1. This dying king was very anxious. “Shall I recover of this
disease?” This was the question he wanted Elisha to answ...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:7 The house of Omri has now held the
throne of Israel since 1 Kings 16:23, and in spite of Elijah’s
prophecy about its end ...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:8 MEET THE MAN OF GOD. It appears to have
been customary when consulting prophets to offer some payment, in this
case an extravagant gift of FORTY CAMELS’ LOADS of go
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 8:7. AND ELISHA CAME TO DAMASCUS—Elijah, his master, had
been divinely commissioned to this (1 Kings 19:15), and now Elisha.
“by the instigation of the Spirit”...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 8:1
THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY
HAZAEL; AND...
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Now Elisha spake unto the woman, whose son had been restored to life,
and he said, [You better get out of here because there's going to be a
seven-year famine in this area] (2 Kings 8:1).
And so she l...
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1 Kings 14:1; 1 Kings 14:3; 1 Kings 19:15; 1 Samuel 9:7; 2 Kings 1:2;...
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Enquire of the Lord, &c — In his health he bowed down in the house
of Rimmon; but now he tends to enquire of the God of Israel. Among
other instances of the change of mens minds by affliction or sickn...