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Verse 2 Kings 7:13. _AND ONE OF HIS SERVANTS ANSWERED_] This is a
very difficult verse, and the great variety of explanations given of
it cast but little light on the subject. I am inclined to believ...
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BEHOLD ... - The Septuagint and a large number of the Hebrew MSS. omit
the clause, “behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that
are left in it.” But the text followed by our translators, whic...
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6. ELISHA'S PREDICTION AND ITS FULFILMENT
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. Elisha's prediction (2 Kings 7:1)_
2. The unbelieving lord (2 Kings 7:2)
3. The four lepers and their discovery (2 Kings 7:3)
4. The day o...
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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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THAT ARE LEFT... ISRAELITES. These words are repeated by
_Homoeoteleuton_ (instead of omitted, as is usually the case with
_Homoeoteleuton)._ They are not in many codices, or Septuagint,
Syriac, or Vu...
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_five of the horses_ -Five" is probably used indefinitely to mean some
small number. That -five" may be thus used seems likely from Genesis
43:34; Numbers 11:19.
_behold, they_are _as all the multitud...
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BEHOLD, THEY ARE AS ALL THE MULTITUDE OF ISRAEL, &C.— _It will not
happen otherwise to them than to all the multitude of Israel, which
now remains, or to all the multitude of Israel, which now perishe...
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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 ONE OF HIS SERVANTS ANSWERED AND SAID, LET SOME TAKE, I PRAY
THEE, FIVE OF THE HORSES THAT REMAIN, WHICH ARE LEFT IN THE CITY,
(BEHOLD, THEY ARE AS ALL THE MULTITUDE OF ISRAEL THAT ARE LEFT IN IT...
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THE RELIEF OF SAMARIA
1. A measure] HEB. a _SEAH_, EQUAL to 6 cabs, and rather less than 3
gallons. IN THE GATE OF SAMARIA] The open space at the gate of an
Eastern city served as a market-place!...
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THEY _are_ AS, etc.] i.e. they are in danger of starvation like the
rest of us, and so have no more to fear, if they are captured by the
enemy, than will befall them if they remain in the city: cp. 2...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
THE *LORD RESCUES SAMARIA
V1 Elisha said, ‘Listen to what the *Lord says. About this time
tomorrow, a large amount...
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LET SOME TAKE. — Literally, _And_ (_i.e._, then) _let them take_.
(Comp. 2 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 4:41.)
FIVE. — Used as an indefinite _small_ number, like our “half a
dozen.” (Comp. Leviticus 26:8;...
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וַ יַּעַן֩ אֶחָ֨ד מֵ עֲבָדָ֜יו וַ
יֹּ֗אמֶר
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THE PROPHET'S WORD FULFILLED
2 Kings 7:12
The lepers were first in the deserted camp. The abundance was awaiting
the starving populace, but only a few outcasts tasted it. So Christ's
wealth and unsea...
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Under these circumstances of famine and the anger of the king the
calmness and strength of the prophet were again manifest. It is
another revelation of how quiet and strong a man becomes who is in
sec...
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Consumed, for food. (Menochius) --- Septuagint, "Let them take five of
the horses left. Those which are left here, behold they are to all the
remaining multitude of Israel, and let us send them." They...
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With what caution and fear did the king of Israel and his poor
besieged army proceed in this business! With what doubts and
misgivings, do sinners, when first coming to the Lord Jesus, seek his
face!...
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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 iniquity of Israel plunges the nation again into distress; and
Samaria is desolated by famine. The judgment produces indignation
against Jehovah's testimony; for, although Jehoram did not worship...
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AND ONE OF HIS SERVANTS ANSWERED AND SAID, LET SOME TAKE, I PRAY THEE,
FIVE OF THE HORSES THAT REMAIN, WHICH ARE LEFT IN THE CITY,.... Not
having died through the famine as the rest:
BEHOLD, THEY ARE...
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_And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray
thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel that are left i...
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_Let some, I pray thee, take five of the horses_, &c. The sense seems
to be, We may well venture these five horses, though we have no more,
because both they and we are ready to perish with hunger: le...
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1 Elisha prophecieth incredible plenty in Samaria.
3 Foure Lepers venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tydings of
their flight.
22 The king finding by spies the newes to be true, spoileth the...
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And one of his servants, a member of his council, ANSWERED AND SAID,
LET SOME TAKE, I PRAY THEE, FIVE OF THE HORSES THAT REMAIN, WHICH ARE
LEFT IN THE CITY, (BEHOLD, THEY ARE AS ALL THE MULTITUDE OF I...
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THE GREAT PLENTY IN SAMARIA...
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GOD INTERVENES
(vv.1-20).
The prophet whom Jehoram wanted to kill then gave a wonderful message
of grace from God. What a response to the callous folly of the king of
Israel! Elisha tells them, "Hea...
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IN THE CITY:
_ Heb._ in it...
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12-20 Here see the wants of Israel supplied in a way they little
thought of, which should encourage us to depend upon the power and
goodness of God in our greatest straits. God's promise may be safel...
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So the sense is, We may well venture these horses, though we have no
more, because both they and we are ready to perish through hunger; and
therefore let us use them whilst we may for our common good,...
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2 Kings 7:13 one H259 servants H5650 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559
(H8799) take H3947 (H8799) five...
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YHWH'S DELIVERANCE FROM THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA (2 KINGS 7:2).
This second subsection is within an inclusio which commences with the
captain's comment about the ‘windows of Heaven', followed by the
warni...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's terror upon the Syrians.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Jehoram, captain of Israel, four lepers.
CONCLUSION: Faith expects from God what is beyond all human
expectation. They who canno...
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2 Kings 7:3. _Four leprous men._ This is frequently called by the
rabbins the Egyptian disease, and the law required that they should
dwell alone.
2 Kings 7:6. _The kings of the Hittites._ Those of Ph...
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_Then said Elisha, Hear ye the word of the Lord._
THE FAMINE IN SAMARIA
The emphasis of the teaching of this account of the Samaritan famine
should undoubtedly be placed upon the complete fulfilment...
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THE FLIGHT OF THE SYRIANS
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 7:1. A MEASURE OF FINE FLOUR—This _seah_ would probably
contain about three gallons of flour. IN THE GATE OF SAMARIA—_i.e._,
the _m...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 7:1
THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA (_continued_)_: _THE DELIVERANCE.
2 KINGS 7:1,...
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And Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD,
Tomorrow about this time they will be selling a bushel of fine flour
for sixty-five cents, and two bushels of fine of barley for sixty-...
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2 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentatio
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Behold, &c. — The words may be rendered, Behold, they are of a truth
(the Hebrew prefix, Caph, being not here a note of similitude, but an
affirmation of the truth and certainty of the things, as it i...