Jehoram did not merely follow the letter of the prophet’s direction, but understood its spirit and acted accordingly. The plundering bands which had been in the habit of ravaging the territory 2 Kings 5:2 ceased their incursions in consequence either of the miracle, or of the kind treatment which Elisha had recommended.
Verse 2 Kings 6:23. _HE PREPARED GREAT PROVISION FOR THEM_] These, on the return to their master, could tell him strange things about the power of the God of Israel, and the magnanimity of its king....
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...
BANDS. marauding bands....
_he prepared great provision for them_ We can see from the use of the phrase -bread and water" in other passages that the words embrace all kinds of food, and hence that Elisha's injunction was equiva...
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 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...
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...
HE. — The king of Israel. PREPARED GREAT PROVISION. — Or, _a great feast_. The Hebrew verb (_kârâh_) occurs nowhere else in this sense. The noun (_kçrâh_) is cognate with it, and the root meaning see...
וַ יִּכְרֶ֨ה לָהֶ֜ם כֵּרָ֣ה גְדֹולָ֗ה וַ יֹּֽ
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 he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no (m) more into the land of Israel. (m) For...
_Meats. So the apostle orders us to treat our enemies, Romans xii. 20. --- The robbers, these soldiers, who were dismissed. (Haydock) --- No more, ( ultra) or, "no farther." (Haydock) during this war,...
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...
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 HE PREPARED GREAT PROVISION FOR THEM,.... Or a great feast, as the Targum; so obedient was he to the prophet's orders: AND WHEN THEY HAD EATEN AND DRANK; and refreshed themselves, which they need...
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. Ver. 23. _So...
_When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away_ Refreshed, but disarmed, as is most probable. _So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel_ For some considerable time, _came no more_...
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 he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel; they realized...
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...
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...
HE SENT THEM AWAY, refreshed, but disarmed, as is most probable. THE BANDS OF SYRIA CAME NO MORE; either, 1. In such a manner, to wit, in small bands, or companies, which might be entrapped, as these...
2 Kings 6:23 prepared H3739 (H8799) great H1419 feast H3740 ate H398 (H8799) drank H8354 (H8799) away...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 24:18; 2 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Kings 24:2;...
No more — For some considerable time....