Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
2 Kings 8:19
To give him alway a light, and to his children— That he should always have a light in his children. Houbigant.
To give him alway a light, and to his children— That he should always have a light in his children. Houbigant.
Verse 2 Kings 8:19. _TO GIVE HIM ALWAY A LIGHT_] To give him a _successor_ in his own family....
The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50. 2 Kings 8:16 The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jeho...
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...
AS HE PROMISED. Compare 1 Samuel 7:13. LIGHT. Compare 1 Kings 11:36. See note on Genesis 15:17. Hebrew. _ner_. Found only four times, and always of David ...
_Yet_[R.V. HOWBEIT] _the Lord would not destroy_ The R.V. has adopted the rendering of Chronicles, where the original is the same as here. _as he promised him to give him alway a lights_, and _to his...
III. CONTEMPORARY EVENTS IN JUDAH 8:16-29 At this point the author picks up the history of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50 and gives a brief resume of the reigns of (1) Jehoram (2 Kings 8:16-24), and (2) Aha...
_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....
8:19 always (a-20) Lit. 'all the days.'...
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...
A LIGHT] see 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4. In consequence of the divine promises made to David, Jehoram's sins were not punished by the overthrow of his dynasty but by other means....
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...
(16-24) The reign of Jehoram, king of Judah. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 21)...
TO GIVE HIM ALWAY A LIGHT. — Comp. 1 Kings 15:4; 1 Kings 11:36; and for the promise to David, 2 Samuel 7:12. AND TO HIS CHILDREN. — The reading of many Heb. MSS., the LXX., Vulg., and Targum. Thenius...
וְ לֹֽא ־אָבָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְ הַשְׁחִ֣ית אֶת
(1) JEHORAM BEN-JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH B.C. 851-843 (2) AHAZIAH BEN-JEHORAM OF JUDAH B.C. 843-842 2 Kings 8:16 "Bear with the Turk, no brother near the throne." -POPE. THE narrative now reverts...
ATHALIAH'S WICKED HUSBAND AND SONS 2 Kings 8:16 Jehoram's history furnishes a terrible example of how an ill-marriage may mar a man's life. He had a good father, but a bad wife, and the latter more s...
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...
_Light, or lamp, posterity and regal power, 3 Kings xi. 36. (Haydock)_...
I pray the Reader not hastily to pass over this sweet verse. Judah must not, cannot indeed, be destroyed for Jesus's sake. Our Lord sprang out of Judah. So that there is a blessing in it, and he that...
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...
YET THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY JUDAH FOR DAVID HIS SERVANT'S SAKE,.... Not for his merits, but for the mercy he assured him of: AS HE PROMISED HIM TO GIVE TO HIM ALWAYS A LIGHT, [AND] TO HIS CHILDREN...
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. Ver. 19. _To give him alway a light._] _i.e., _ A successor, ti...
_To give him always a light_ A son and successor, until the coming of the Messiah: for so long, and not longer, this succession might seem necessary for the making good of God's promise and covenant m...
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...
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David His servant's sake, He did not want it to lose its existence as a nation, AS HE PROMISED HIM TO GIVE HIM ALWAY A LIGHT AND TO HIS CHILDREN, namely, by ke...
THE REIGN OF JEHORAM AND OF AHAZIAH...
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...
LIGHT: _ Heb._ candle, or lamp...
16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union w...
ALWAY, Heb. _all days_, until the coming of the Messiah, as it is elsewhere limited and explained; for so long, and not longer, this succession might seem necessary for the making good of God's promis...
2 Kings 8:19 LORD H3068 would H14 (H8804) destroy H7843 (H8687) Judah H3063 servant H5650 David H1732 promised...
THE REIGN OF JEHORAM, KING OF JUDAH (2 KINGS 8:16). C. 848-841 BC CO-REGENT WITH JEHOSHAPHAT FROM 853 BC. During the time that Jehoram of Judah was on the throne of Judah, Jehoram of Israel (see 2 Kin...
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...
_Jehoram--began to reign._ LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF JEHORAM This is a short fragment of a king’s history, the history of Jehoram. Brief as it is, it contains many practical truths. I. That piety is...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:16 Judah was last mentioned in ch. 2 Kings 3:1, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah. Another Judean king has come and gone in the meantime, however, and the reader must be tol...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:19 HE PROMISED TO GIVE A LAMP TO HIM. See 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 8:16. JORAM THE SON OF AHAB—See Notes on chap. 2 Kings 3:1. 2 Kings 8:18. THE DAUGHTER OF AHAB—Attaliah. It was through her influence the king introduced the...
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 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4; 1 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 21:7;...
Alway — Until the coming of the Messiah: for so long, and not longer, this succession might seem necessary for the making good of God's promise and covenant made with David. But when the Messiah, was...