_THEN SPAKE ELISHA UNTO THE WOMAN, WHOSE SON HE HAD RESTORED TO LIFE, SAYING, ARISE, AND GO THOU AND THINE HOUSEHOLD, AND SOJOURN WHERESOEVER THOU CANST SOJOURN: FOR THE LORD HATH CALLED FOR A FAMINE; AND IT SHALL ALSO COME UPON THE LAND SEVEN YEARS._ Then spake Elisha unto the woman - rather, 'had... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WOMAN AROSE, AND DID AFTER THE SAYING OF THE MAN OF GOD: AND SHE WENT WITH HER HOUSEHOLD, AND SOJOURNED IN THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES SEVEN YEARS._ Sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. Their territory was recommended to her from its contiguity to her usual residence; and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE SEVEN YEARS' END, THAT THE WOMAN RETURNED OUT OF THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES: AND SHE WENT FORTH TO CRY UNTO THE KING FOR HER HOUSE AND FOR HER LAND._ Cry unto the king for her house and for her land х_ LITS`OQ_ (H6817), to present a humble petition (cf. 2 Samuel 19:28);... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING TALKED WITH GEHAZI THE SERVANT OF THE MAN OF GOD, SAYING, TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ELISHA HATH DONE._ The king talked with Gehazi. The circumstances narrated in these opening verses are generally believed to have taken place before the infliction of leprosy upon... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE WAS TELLING THE KING HOW HE HAD RESTORED A DEAD BODY TO LIFE, THAT, BEHOLD, THE WOMAN, WHOSE SON HE HAD RESTORED TO LIFE, CRIED TO THE KING FOR HER HOUSE AND FOR HER LAND. AND GEHAZI SAID, MY LORD, O KING, THIS IS THE WOMAN, AND THIS IS HER SON, WHOM ELISHA RESTORED TO LI... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA CAME TO DAMASCUS; AND BEN-HA'DAD THE KING OF SYRIA WAS SICK; AND IT WAS TOLD HIM, SAYING, THE MAN OF GOD IS COME HITHER._ Elisha came to Damascus - being directed there by the Spirit of God in pursuance of the mission formerly given to his master in Horeb (1 Kings 19:15), to anoint Haza... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 is an interesting confirmation of the sacred history, that the names of king Ben-hadad and his minist... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HAZAEL WENT TO MEET HIM, AND TOOK A PRESENT WITH HIM, EVEN OF EVERY GOOD THING OF DAMASCUS, FORTY CAMELS' BURDEN, AND CAME AND STOOD BEFORE HIM, AND SAID, THY SON BEN-HA'DAD KING OF SYRIA HATH SENT ME TO THEE, SAYING, SHALL I RECOVER OF THIS DISEASE?_ Forty camels' burden. The present, consisti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, GO, SAY UNTO HIM, THOU MAYEST CERTAINLY RECOVER: HOWBEIT THE LORD HATH SHEWED ME THAT HE SHALL SURELY DIE._ Go, say ... Thou mayest certainly recover. There was no contradiction in this message. This part was properly the answer to Ben-hadad's inquiry. The second part was... [ Continue Reading ]
_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_ (H7760), and he fixed his countenance, and set it; Septuagint, parestee too prosoopoo autou, kai et... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HAZAEL SAID, WHY WEEPETH MY LORD? AND HE ANSWERED, BECAUSE I KNOW THE EVIL THAT THOU WILT DO UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: THEIR STRONG HOLDS WILT THOU SET ON FIRE, AND THEIR YOUNG MEN WILT THOU SLAY WITH THE SWORD, AND WILT DASH THEIR CHILDREN, AND RIP UP THEIR WOMEN WITH CHILD._ No JFB commen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HAZAEL SAID, BUT WHAT, IS THY SERVANT A DOG, THAT HE SHOULD DO THIS GREAT THING? AND ELISHA ANSWERED, THE LORD HATH SHEWED ME THAT THOU SHALT BE KING OVER SYRIA._ Hazael said, But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? х_ HAKELEB_ (H3611), THE dog; the Septuagint has:... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HE DEPARTED FROM ELISHA, AND CAME TO HIS MASTER; WHO SAID TO HIM, WHAT SAID ELISHA TO THEE? AND HE ANSWERED, HE TOLD ME THAT THOU SHOULDEST SURELY RECOVER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER, AND SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE, SO THAT HE DIED: AND HAZAEL REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Took a thick cloth ... х_ HAMAKBEER_ (H4346)] - the coarse (hair) cloth used as a coverlet. In the East this article of bed furniture... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF JORAM THE SON OF AHAB KING OF ISRAEL, JEHOSHAPHAT BEING THEN KING OF JUDAH, JEHORAM THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF JUDAH BEGAN TO REIGN._ Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat ... began to reign - (see the notes at 2 Kings 3:1.) His father resigned the throne to him two years bef... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIRTY AND TWO YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN; AND HE REIGNED EIGHT YEARS IN JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, AS DID THE HOUSE OF AHAB: FOR THE DAUGHTER OF AHAB WAS HIS WIFE: AND HE DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD._ Daughter of Ahab - Athaliah, through whose influence Jehoram introduced the worship of Baal and many other evils into the kingdom of Judah (s... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY JUDAH FOR DAVID HIS SERVANT'S SAKE, AS HE PROMISED HIM TO GIVE HIM ALWAY A LIGHT, AND TO HIS CHILDREN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JORAM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED WITH HIS FATHERS IN THE CITY OF DAVID: AND AHAZIAH HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 22:1.)... [ Continue Reading ]