A certain officer - literally, “a certain eunuch” (margin). Eunuchs were now in common use at the Samaritan court (compare 2 Kings 9:32). They are ascribed to the court of David in Chronicles 1 Chronicles 28:1; and we may conjecture that they were maintained by Solomon. But otherwise we do not find them in the kingdom of Judah until the time of Hezekiah Isaiah 56:3.
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...
FRUITS. produce....
_she told him_ i.e. confirmed the narrative which Gehazi had given, and at the same time took advantage of the king's interest in Elisha, to press her plea for the restitution of her land. _Restore a...
C. PREDICTION OF FAMINE IN ISRAEL 8:1-6 TRANSLATION (1) Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had revived, saying, Arise, you and your household go, and sojourn wherever you may sojourn; fo...
_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....
8:6 chamberlain, (d-17) Or 'eunuch.'...
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 aw...
TOLD. — _Related to him, i.e._, the story. So in 2 Kings 8:4. OFFICER. — Literally, _eunuch_ (_sârîs_). (Comp. Note on Genesis 37:36; 1 Chronicles 28:1.) FRUITS. — Literally, reven
וַ יִּשְׁאַ֥ל הַ מֶּ֛לֶךְ לָ † אִשָּׁ֖ה...
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...
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that [was] hers, and all the (d) fruits of the field since the day that she left...
_Restore. " Restituere est possessorem facere fructusque reddere. " (Caius.) --- Some think that the lands had been confiscated to the king, as being abandoned; or his authority was requisite, at leas...
The history of this Shunammite, in having her land restored to her, is very interesting. But the spiritual improvement to be made of the passage is much more so. You and I, Reader, have left our settl...
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 WHEN THE KING ASKED THE WOMAN, SHE TOLD HIM,.... The whole affair; how that she had a son according to the word of Elisha, when she had been barren, and her husband old; that this child was struck...
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that [was] hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the...
_As he was telling the king, &c., the woman cried to the king,_ &c. By the order of Providence she came to present her petition, and brought her son with her, in that very instant of time when Gehazi...
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...
And when the king asked the woman, she told him, she made her complaint. SO THE KING APPOINTED UNTO HER A CERTAIN OFFICER, giving the adjustment of her case into the hands of one of his eunuchs, SAYIN...
Elisha's Powerful Influence at Court...
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.4:32-3...
OFFICER: Or, Eunuch...
1-6 The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha, was rewarded by the care taken of her in famine. It is well to foresee an evil, and wisdom, when we foresee it, to hide ourselves if we lawfully may...
THE KING ASKED THE WOMAN concerning the truth of Gehazi's relation....
2 Kings 8:6 king H4428 asked H7592 (H8799) woman H802 told H5608 (H8762) king H4428 appointed H5414 ...
THE SHUNAMMITE, NOW A WIDOW, HAS HER LAND RESTORED TO HER BY THE KING OF ISRAEL (2 KINGS 8:1). The prophetic author has two purposes in this incident. Firstly to emphasis the miraculous powers of Eli...
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 in...
_And the King talked with Gehazi._ THE SPECIAL PROVIDENCE OF JEHOVAH ILLUSTRATED We approach, in this chapter, the end of Elisha’s wondrous but most useful career. His days are now perceptibly number...
_Then spake Elisha unto the woman._ THE POTENT INFLUENCE OF A GOOD MAN I. His counsel is valuable, and gratefully acted upon. Here we see how the kindness shown by the Shunammite receives still furt...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:1 After the long narrative about the siege of Samaria (2 Kings 6:24), the Shunammite woman of 2 Kin
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:6 ALL THE PRODUCE. The king also provides her with all the income from her land that she would have received had she stayed. ⇐
ELISHA IN DAMASCUS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 8:1. THEN SPOKE ELISHA—The pluperfect tense: _Now Elisha had spoken_. This section dates prior to Chapter s 5 and 6, but is given here as...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND...
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...
1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Kings 9:32; 2 Samuel 9:7; Deuteronomy 22:2;...