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Verse 2 Kings 6:21. _MY FATHER, SHALL I SMITE_] This was dastardly;
the utmost he could have done with these men, when thus brought into
his hand, was to make them prisoners of war....
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MY FATHER - A term of respect used by Jehoram in his joy at seeing an
army of Syrians delivered up to him by the prophet. That the king’s
character was not changed appears from 2 Kings 6:31.
SHALL I S...
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5. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The lost axe-head recovered (2 Kings 6:1)_
2. Elisha makes known Ben-hadad's plans (2 Kings 6:8)
3. Elisha's arrest planned (2 Kings 6:13)
4. The blinded
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AN AXEHEAD SWIMS. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS AT DOTHAN. In several minor
miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word,
but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying waters...
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B. ELISHA CAPTURES A TROOP OF SOLDIERS 6:13-23
TRANSLATION
(13) And he said, Go and observe where he is, that I may send, and
take him. And someone told him, Behold, in Dothan. (14) And he sent
there...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO SAMARIA, THAT ELISHA
SAID, LORD, OPEN THE EYES OF THESE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE. AND THE
LORD OPENED THEIR EYES, AND THEY SAW; AND, BEHOLD, THEY WERE IN T...
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ELISHA AND THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA
1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan (2 Kings 6:2)
suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2
Kings 2:5. Probably Elisha did...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
THE AXE THAT THE MAN LOST
V1 The group of the *prophets spoke to Elisha. ‘The place where we
meet with you is too s...
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MY FATHER. — Comp. 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 8:9 (“Thy son
Ben-hadad”), 2 Kings 13:14.
SHALL I SMITE THEM,? SHALL I SMITE THEM? — Or, _May I smite? may I
smite, my father?_ The repetition expresses the ki...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל
־אֱלִישָׁ֔ע...
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ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
2 Kings 6:1
"Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city."
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was, during a gr...
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OPENED EYES
2 Kings 6:14
This is an acted parable of extreme beauty and suggestiveness. First,
the stroke of trouble-swift, unlooked for, and apparently
insurmountable; then the vivid contrast betwee...
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The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but
quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation
of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The growt...
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And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, (l) My
father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?
(l) The wicked use reverent and grave words toward the servants of
God, when they...
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How sweet a gospel lesson is folded up under these verses! When Jesus
brings his enemies under his power; and when their eyes are opened to
see how the Lord hath surrounded them, their knees bow befor...
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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 sons of the prophets must enlarge their dwelling-place, and
Elisha, who consents to go with them, secures them from the results of
their negligence by reversing the laws of nature. I know not if w...
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AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO ELISHA, WHEN HE SAW THEM,.... The
Syrian army thus in his hands:
MY FATHER, SHALL I SMITE THEM? SHALL I SMITE THEM? he speaks with
great reverence and respect to the...
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And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?
Ver. 21. _My father, shall I smite them?_] He calleth the prophet, "My
father," eithe...
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_Shall I smite them? shall I smite them?_ This repetition of the
question shows his eager desire to fall upon them and kill them.
Perhaps he remembered how God was displeased at his father for
dismiss...
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1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to inlarge their dwellings,
causeth yron to swim.
8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his counsell.
13 The armie which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elish...
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And the king of Israel said unto Elisha when he saw them, My father,
namely, in the spiritual sense, SHALL I SMITE THEM? SHALL I SMITE
THEM? He was eager to make use of the advantage offered by the
pr...
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THE BLINDNESS OF THE SYRIANS...
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"TOO SMALL FOR US"
(vv.1-7)
The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with
Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far
as the record goes) that indicated th...
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13-23 What Elisha said to his servant is spoken to all the faithful
servants of God, when without are fightings, and within are fears.
Fear not, with that fear which has torment and amazement; for th...
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Elisha had doubtless sent notice of his intentions to THE KING OF
ISRAEL, that he might accordingly prepare himself. MY FATHER: now he
gives him this title of reverence and affection, because of a gre...
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2 Kings 6:21 king H4428 Israel H3478 saw H7200 (H8800) said H559
(H8799) Elisha H477 father H1 kill...
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ISRAEL'S ONE MAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO ABDUCT
HIM (2 KINGS 6:8).
The king of Aram was puzzled because he kept raiding Israel only to
discover each time that the king of Israel...
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2 Kings 6:1. _And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold
now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us._
It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about them
c...
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CONTENTS: Elisha recovers the lost axe. Seige of Samaria by Syrians.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Ben-hadad, Jehoram, nameless woman.
CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees can see more than the
philosop...
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2 Kings 6:1. _Sons of the prophets._ See on 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5.
Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their
college was a plain home-built house....
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_Then the King of Syria warred against Israel._
ELISHA AT DOTHAN
Seeing the invisible! Here is the young business man. He spends his
days in a close and musty counting-room, casting up interminable
f...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:1 With the healing of Naaman, Elisha has
involved himself with Syria for the first time. That involvement now
occupies most of the next two chapters, as the authors prepare t...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-7:20
FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. The historian relates first a
(comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of
Jericho, for the benefit of one of the ...
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Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man
with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually
helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very bra...
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1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Kings 13:14; 2 King