2 Kings 4:1
HUSBAND. man. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14. BONDMEN. Compare Leviticus 25:39 and Nehemiah 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
HUSBAND. man. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14. BONDMEN. Compare Leviticus 25:39 and Nehemiah 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
BORROW NOT. FEW. scant not.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO BROUGHT. they bringing. SHE POURED OUT. Elisha's fifth miracle. See note on 2 Kings 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. DEBT. creditor. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHUNEM. In the plain of Esdraelon. The native place of Abishag (1 Kings 1:3). GREAT. wealthy, or. person of position (2 Samuel 19:32).... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAMBER. upper chamber, or wall-chamber. CANDLESTICK. lampstand. Very little furniture used in the East to-day.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANT. young man.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAREFUL... CARE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton =_ exceedingly careful. SPOKEN FOR TO THE KING. This confidence in his influence with the king is accounted for by the miraculous aid recently given by Elisha in 2 Kings 3:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF LIFE, OR OF SPRING. Read "that season about the time of spring of which Klisha had said unto her". The sixth miracle. Compare 2 Kings 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILD. progeny.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "now therefore".... [ Continue Reading ]
HER SOUL. herself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. VEXED. bitter.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECEIVE. cajole.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. In what Elisha said the signs given are put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the things symbolized by them. SALUTE HIM NOT. Idiom. The salutation being ceremonial and taking time. CHILD. Hebrew. _na'ar =_ youth.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SOUL. thou.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE UP THY SON. The seventh miracle (2 Kings 2:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
WILD VINE: i.e.. plant with vine-like tendrils. Not the grape, but probably the colocynth.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEATH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), for that which causes death.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO HARM. no evil thing. Elisha's eighth miracle Compare 2 Kings 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVITOR. attendant. Old English. one who serves. AN HUNDRED MEN. Elisha's ninth miracle. See note on 2 Kings 2:15. One of three (App-10) miracles of feeding multitudes. Compare Matthew 14:20; Matthew 15:34.... [ Continue Reading ]