Verse 2 Kings 6:19. _I WILL BRING YOU TO THE MAN WHOM YE SEEK._] And he did so; he was their guide to Samaria, and showed himself to them fully in that city....
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
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...
I WILL BRING. So he did. BUT. And; or. So. HE LED THEM TO SAMARIA: where they found the man they sought: i.e. Elisha himself....
_This_is _not the way, neither_is _this the city_ i.e. the way to Elisha, and the city where you shall find him. _I will bring you to the man whom ye seek_ But you shall find him in a place where you...
THIS IS NOT THE WAY, &C.— Elisha says this without being asked; for if the Syrians had asked him whether this was the way to the city of Dothan, his answer certainly would have been a falsehood; from...
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...
_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO THEM, THIS IS NOT THE WAY, NEITHER IS THIS THE CITY: FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL BRING YOU TO THE MAN WHOM YE SEEK. BUT HE LED THEM TO SAMARIA._ This is not the way, neither is this t...
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...
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...
THIS IS NOT THE WAY, NEITHER IS THIS THE CITY. — These words pre-suppose, according to Josephus, that the prophet had asked them whom they were seeking, and that they had replied, “The prophet Elisha....
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם אֱלִישָׁ֗ע לֹ֣א זֶ֣ה הַ
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...
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...
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...
And Elisha said unto them, This [is] not the way, neither [is] this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led (k) them to Samaria. (k) Thus he did being led by the...
The dreadful alarm of Elisha's servant, and the perfect composure of Elisha himself, hold forth a precious lesson. In minds of little or no faith, the smallest events, which appears unpromising, excit...
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 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...
AND ELISHA SAID UNTO THEM, THIS IS NOT THE WAY, NEITHER IS THIS THE CITY,.... Which is an answer to some questions of the Syrians; as, whether this was the way to find the prophet Elisha, and this the...
And Elisha said unto them, This [is] not the way, neither [is] this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. Ver. 19. _This is not the way, neith...
_Elisha said, This is not the way_, &c. Elisha does not speak this in answer to an inquiry made by the Syrians respecting the way to Dothan; if he had, his words would have contained a falsehood, from...
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...
And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city, he prepared deliberately to mislead them. FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL BRING YOU TO THE MAN WHOM YE SEEK. BUT HE LED THEM TO SAMARIA,...
THE BLINDNESS OF THE SYRIANS...
"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...
FOLLOW ME: _ Heb._ come ye after me...
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...
THIS IS NOT THE WAY, NEITHER IS THIS THE CITY, to wit, where you will find the man for whom you seek; which was very true, because he was now come out of the city; and if they had gone on in that way...
2 Kings 6:19 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) way H1870 this H2090 city H5892 Follow H3212 (H8798)...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way._ THE GUIDANCE OF LIFE The prophet went boldly into their midst, as Alfred went into the camp of the Danes, and to the confused men he said, “This is n...
_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...
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 ...
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...
2 Samuel 16:18; 2 Samuel 16:19; Luke 24:16; Luke 9:23; Mark 8:34;...
Didn’t Elisha lie to the Syrian troops who were coming to capture him? PROBLEM: When Elisha went out to meet his enemies, he told them “this is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow me, and I wil...