Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 6:16
Verse 2 Kings 6:16. For they that be with us are more, c.] What astonishing intercourse had this man with heaven! It seems the whole heavenly host had it in commission to help him.
Verse 2 Kings 6:16. For they that be with us are more, c.] What astonishing intercourse had this man with heaven! It seems the whole heavenly host had it in commission to help him.
THEY THAT BE WITH US ... - Elisha gave utterance to the conviction of all God’s saints when the world persecutes them (compare marginal references). God - they know - is on their side; they need “not...
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...
they _that_be _with us_ Elisha speaks as a man whose eyes are opened, and who in consequence is sure of Jehovah's protection, whether he beholds the angelic host about him or not....
DISCOURSE: 368 ELISHA PROTECTED BY CHARIOTS OF FIRE 2 Kings 6:15. _And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not; for they that be with us are more than t...
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 HE ANSWERED, FEAR NOT: FOR THEY THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THEY THAT BE WITH THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
THEY THAT BE WITH US... WITH THEM. — Comp. Numbers 14:9; Psalms 3:6, “I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about”; and 2 Chronicles 32:7, with Note...
וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר אַל ־תִּירָ֑א כִּ֤י רַבִּים֙ אֲשׁ
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 answered, (g) Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them. (g) For he was assured of God's help, and that millions of angels camped about the godly to deliver...
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 CHRISTIAN HAS MORE FRIENDS THAN FOES_ ‘Feat not; for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.’ 2 Kings 6:16 From this story we may learn a lesson of great encouragement; and...
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 ANSWERED, FEAR NOT, FOR THEY THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THEY THAT BE WITH THEM. Meaning the legions of angels that encamped around them....
_And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them._ Ver. 16. Fear not: for they that be with us, &c.] How many do ye reckon me for? said Antigonus to his...
_He answered, Fear not_ He was concerned to remove the fears of his servant, and impart to him the same satisfaction and peace of mind he possessed himself in this time of extraordinary danger; for go...
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, Elisha, ANSWERED, FEAR NOT; FOR THEY THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THEY THAT BE WITH THEM. Cf Numbers 14:9; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Psalms 3:6; Psalm
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Kings 6:16 answered H559 (H8799) fear H3372 (H8799) more H7227 Fear not - Exodus 14:13;...
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 6:15 I. The first remark which this incident suggests is as to the heavy pressure of outward and visible things upon us who are still in the body. The young man could see the Syrian host compa...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:16 THOSE WHO ARE WITH US. Elisha knows that the Lord has sent an army of angels to protect him. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 6:12. ELISHA … TELLETH … THE WORDS THOU SPEAKEST IN THY BEDCHAMBER—Elisha apprised king Jehoram of the designs of the Syrian king, who thereby was enabled to...
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 John 4:4; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:8;...
They — Angels, unspeakably more numerous, God, infinitely more powerful....