2 Kings 8:11
What meaning of the 2 kings 8:11 in the Bible?
What does 2 Kings 8:11 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he settled his countenance stedfastly,b until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept."
What does 2 Kings 8:11 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he settled his countenance stedfastly,b until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept."
Verse 2 Kings 8:11. _HE SETTLED HIS COUNTENANCE STEADFASTLY_] Of whom does the author speak? Of Hazael, or of Elisha? Several apply this action to the prophet: he had a murderer before him and he saw...
That is, “And he (Elisha) settled his conntenance, and set it (toward Hazael), until he (Hazael) was ashamed.” Elisha fixed on Hazael a long and meaning look, until the latter’s eyes fell before his,...
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...
HE: i.e. Hazael. ASHAMED. The thought of murder came into his mind....
_And he settled his countenance stedfastly_ The R.V. adds -upon him" in italics. This no doubt is the sense. Elisha fixed a stedfast gaze on the messenger. -The seer of God descries more in Hazael tha...
AND HE SETTLED HIS COUNTENANCE— _"He_ [Hazael] _keeping his countenance, continued with the same look for some time, while the man of God wept."_ Hazael pretended surprise at the answer of Elisha, des...
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...
_AND HE SETTLED HIS COUNTENANCE STEDFASTLY, UNTIL HE WAS ASHAMED: AND THE MAN OF GOD WEPT._ He settled his countenance stedfastly, х_ WAYA`ªMEED_ (H5975) _ 'ET_ (H853) _ PAANAAYW_ (H6440) _ WAYAASEM_...
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...
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 awa...
(7-15) Elisha’s visit to Damascus, and its consequences....
וַ יַּעֲמֵ֥ד אֶת ־פָּנָ֖יו וַ יָּ֣שֶׂם עַד ־בֹּ֑שׁ וַ יֵּ֖בְךְּ אִ֥ישׁ הָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃...
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...
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...
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...
_Blush. This may be referred either to Hazael, who was astonished at the words and looks of the prophet, (Haydock) or to Eliseus. (Menochius) --- Septuagint (Complutensian), "and Hazael stood before h...
I hardly know a passage in history, even if simply considered as an history, more strikingly interesting to the feelings than this interview, as here related between Hazael and the prophet. Figure to...
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...
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...
AND HE SETTLED HIS COUNTENANCE STEADFASTLY,.... Refrained himself as much as possible, that he might not weep, as some Jewish writers interpret it; or, as others, he turned his face on one side, and c...
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. Ver. 11. _And he settled his countenance steadfastly._] Heb., And set it. He settled his countenance and look...
_He settled his countenance steadfastly_ Elisha fixed his eyes on Hazael, and looked upon him so earnestly, so long, and with such a settled countenance, that Hazael was ashamed, as apprehending that...
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...
HAZAEL ANOINTED KING...
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-...
STEADFASTLY: _ Heb._ and set it...
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...
HE SETTLED HIS COUNTENANCE STEDFASTLY; the prophet fixed his eyes upon Hazael. UNTIL HE WAS ASHAMED; either till the prophet was ashamed to look any longer upon him; or till Hazael was ashamed, as app...
2 Kings 8:11 set H5975 (H8686) countenance H6440 stare H7760 (H8799) ashamed H954 (H8800) man H376 God H430 wept H1058 (H8799) wept - Genesis 45:2; Psalms 119:136; Jeremiah 4:19,...
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...
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...
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...
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 i...
_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 ans...
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 (1 Kings 21:21), one now reads of Ahab’s second apo...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH IN JUDAH. 2 KINGS 8:1 Elisha is still the _protagon...
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...
Acts 20:19; Acts 20:31; Genesis 45:2; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 9:18; John 11:35; Luke 19:41;...
He settled — The prophet fixed his eyes upon Hazael. Until — 'Till Hazael was ashamed, as apprehending the prophet discerned something of an evil and shameful nature in him....