Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. ÉCOUTEZ LA PAROLE DU SEIGNEUR . Cette prédiction, bien que prononcée d'abord aux anc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. UN SEIGNEUR SUR LA MAIN DUQUEL LE ROI S'EST PENCHÉ. Lorsqu'un roi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? IL Y AVAIT QUATRE HOMMES LÉPREUX. Le récit de la levée soudaine du siège et de l'approvisionnement inattendu donné aux habitants affamés de Samarie est présenté par un réci... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_IF WE SAY, WE WILL ENTER INTO THE CITY, THEN THE FAMINE IS IN THE CITY, AND WE SHALL DIE THERE: AND IF WE SIT STILL HERE, WE DIE ALSO. NOW THEREFORE COME, AND LET US FALL UNTO THE HOST OF THE SYRIANS: IF THEY SAVE US ALIVE, WE SHALL LIVE; AND IF THEY KILL US, WE SHALL BUT DIE._ No JFB commentary o... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. ILS SE SONT LEVÉS AU CRÉPUSCULE - i: e., le crépuscule du soir (2 Rois 7:12). LA PARTIE LA PLUS EXTRÊME DU CAMP DE SYRIE - i... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. LE SEIGNEUR AVA... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_WHEREFORE THEY AROSE AND FLED IN THE TWILIGHT, AND LEFT THEIR TENTS, AND THEIR HORSES, AND THEIR ASSES, EVEN THE CAMP AS IT WAS, AND FLED FOR THEIR LIFE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. CES LÉPREUX ... ONT MA... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. SI NOUS ATTENDONS LA LUMIÈRE DU MATIN, DES MÉFAITS NOUS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. CHEVAUX ATTACHÉS ET ÂNES ATTACHÉS, ET LES TENTES POUR AINSI... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE CALLED THE PORTERS; AND THEY TOLD IT TO THE KING'S HOUSE WITHIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into th... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEY TOOK THEREFORE TWO CHARIOT HORSES; AND THE KING SENT AFTER THE HOST OF THE SYRIANS, SAYING, GO AND SEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. LE ROI A NOMMÉ LE SEIGNEUR ... La nouvelle, se répandant comme un éclair dans la v... [ Continuer la lecture ]