Say unto him] Elisha presumably meant that the disease from which Benhadad was suffering was not a fatal one, but that he would die by other means. Some suppose that Elisha spoke ironically (like Micaiah in 1 Kings 22:15).
Verse 2 Kings 8:10. _THOU MAYEST CERTAINLY RECOVER: HOWBEIT THE LORD HATH_ _SHOWED ME THAT HE SHALL SURELY DIE._] That is, God has not _determined_ thy death, nor will it be a _necessary consequence_...
Translate - “Go, say unto him, Thou shalt certainly live: howbeit the Lord hath showed me that he shall certainly die.” i. e.,” Say to him, what thou hast already determined to say, what a courtier is...
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...
MAYEST CERTAINLY RECOVER, &C.. "so far as re-covering goes, thou wilt recover. And [yet] Jehovah hath made me plainly see that he will surely die. " SURELY DIE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. See not...
_Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly_[R.V. SHALT SURELY] _recover_ This is not the translation of the Hebrew text (_Kethib_) but of the marginal reading [_Keri_. The variation is between לא the ne...
GO SAY UNTO HIM, THOU MAYEST CERTAINLY RECOVER, &C.— _Go say, Thou shalt certainly not live,_ &c. See Kennicott's first Dissert. p. 163.; but Houbigant thinks that ours is the just translation, and th...
D. PREDICTION CONCERNING THE CAREER OF HAZAEL 8:7-15 TRANSLATION (7) Now Elisha went to Damascus when Benhadad the king of Aram was sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here. (8...
_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, GO, SAY UNTO HIM, THOU MAYEST CERTAINLY RECOVER: HOWBEIT THE LORD HATH SHEWED ME THAT HE SHALL SURELY DIE._ Go, say ... Thou mayest certainly recover. There was no contradi...
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...
(7-15) Elisha’s visit to Damascus, and its consequences....
UNTO HIM. — The reading of some Hebrew MSS., of the Hebrew margin, and of all the versions, as well as of Josephus. The ordinary Hebrew text has “not” (_lô_’, instead of _lô_), so that the meaning wou...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ אֱלִישָׁ֔ע לֵ֥ךְ אֱמָר־_לֹ֖ו_†...
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 Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly (f) recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. (f) Meaning that he would recover of this disease: but he knew...
Tell him: Thou shalt recover. By these words the prophet signified that the king's disease was not mortal: and that he would recover, if no violence were used. Or he might only express himself in this...
It is not very easy to ascertain at what time it was that Elisha paid this visit to Damascus. The Lord had commanded Elijah about 21 years before this period: See 1 Kings 19:15. (that is, supposing, t...
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 ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, GO, SAY UNTO HIM, THOU MAYEST CERTAINLY RECOVER,.... That is, of the disease; and there was not only a probability that he might recover of it, it not being a mortal one, but...
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. Ver. 10. Thou mayest certainly recover:] _Responsum_ ειρωνικον, sa...
_Say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit_, &c. Here is no contradiction: for the first words contain an answer to Ben- hadad's question, _Shall I recover?_ To which the answer is, _Thou 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...
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover, literally, "Not wilt thou live"; HOWBEIT, THE LORD HATH SHOWED ME THAT HE SHALL SURELY DIE, not, indeed, of this disease, but...
HAZAEL ANOINTED KING...
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...
7-15 Among other changes of men's minds by affliction, it often gives other thoughts of God's ministers, and teaches to value the counsels and prayers of those whom they have hated and despised. It w...
Here is no contradiction; for the first words contain an answer to Ben-hadad's question, 2 KINGS 8:8, SHALL I RECOVER OF THIS DISEASE? To which the answer is, _Thou mayest or shalt recover_, i.e. notw...
2 Kings 8:10 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) Go H3212 (H8798) say H559 (H8798) certainly H2421 ...
BENHADAD OF ARAM, THROUGH HIS SERVANT HAZAEL, SEEKS ELISHA'S ASSURANCE THAT HIS ILLNESS IS NOT FATAL, BUT ELISHA DISCERNS DARK DEEDS AHEAD AT THE HANDS OF HAZAEL (2 KINGS 8:7). This incident presumabl...
2 Kings 8:7 From this history some points of instruction may be derived. I. You cannot predict, from a man's early natural disposition, what he will be capable of. Nothing will save a man but firm h...
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...
_Thou mayest certainly recover._ IGNORANCE OF THE FUTURE The subject which I propose to discuss is the moral effect of ignorance of the future. I. The avidity with which men seek to know the future....
_Elisha came to Damascus._ STRIKING CHARACTERS We have here-- I. A dying king. 1. This dying king was very anxious. “Shall I recover of this disease?” This was the question he wanted Elisha to answ...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:7 The house of Omri has now held the throne of Israel since 1 Kings 16:23, and in spite of Elijah’s prophecy about its end ...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:10 SAY TO HIM, “YOU SHALL CERTAINLY RECOVER.” Verses 2 Kings 8:11 indicate that Elisha knows that whatever Hazael
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 8:7. AND ELISHA CAME TO DAMASCUS—Elijah, his master, had been divinely commissioned to this (1 Kings 19:15), and now Elisha. “by the instigation of the Spirit”...
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 22:15; 2 Kings 1:16; 2 Kings 1:4; 2 Kings 8:13; 2 Kings 8:15;...
Howbeit — Here is no contradiction: for the first words contain an answer to Benhadad's question, shall I recover? To which the answer is, thou mayest, notwithstanding thy disease, which is not mortal...