Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 6:27
Verse 27. If the Lord do not help thee] Some read this as an imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee?
Verse 27. If the Lord do not help thee] Some read this as an imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee?
IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP - The translation in the text is decidedly better than the marginal rendering. Some prefer to render - “Nay ... let Jehovah help thee. Whence, shall I help thee?” OUT OF THE BA...
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
2 Kings 6:24 to 2 Kings 7:20. THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA. The date and source of this episode need discussion. The name of the king of Syria, as in 1 Kings 20, was Ben-hadad; the king of Israel is not named...
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...
IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE. Hebrew reads "Let not Jehovah help thee", as in Authorized Version margin The Revised Version "Nay, let Jehovah help thee", is contrary to the normal sense of this negati...
If _the Lord do not help thee_ There is some difficulty here. The word rendered -if … not" is that which in Hebrew is generally put with an imperative = -Let not". So that the sense would be -May the...
II. ELISHA'S PREDICTIVE MIRACLES 6:24-8:15 Three predictive miracles of Elisha are recorded in connection with this period of Aramean invasion: He predicted (1) the deliverance of Samaria from an Aram...
_AND HE SAID, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE? OUT OF THE BARNFLOOR, OR OUT OF THE WINEPRESS?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE. — This is right. The marginal rendering, “Let not the Lord help thee!” — i.e., “May the Lord destroy thee!” would be possible in another context. Another rendering is, “N...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַל ־יֹושִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מֵ אַ֖י
THE FAMINE AND THE SIEGE 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 7:1 "‘Tis truly no flood plan when princes play The vulture among carrion; but when They play the carrion among vultures-that Is ten times worse....
THE DIRE STRAITS OF THOSE WHO FORSAKE GOD 2 Kings 6:24 This siege was the result of Ahab's foolish and misplaced leniency. See 1 Kings 20:42. The children are often called to suffer for the misdeeds...
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 said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the (o) barnfloor, or out of the winepress? (o) Meaning, any kind of food as corn and wine....
CHAPTER VI. _ Save ( salvat.) Many ancient manuscripts read salvet, conformably to the Hebrew and Septuagint, as if the king cursed the woman: "Let not the Lord save thee," Josephus [Antiquities?] ix...
To what a dreadful state was Israel now reduced; but yet not a word of reform. We do not hear of a single soul sending up a cry to heaven. Alas! how sin hardens the mind! And to what a dreadful degree...
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 SAID, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE?.... Mistaking her meaning, as if she prayed him to relieve her hunger; the margin of our Bible is, "let not the Lord save thee"; an...
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? Ver. 27. _If the Lord do not help thee._] Or - by way of angry imprecation - Let no...
_The king of Israel was passing on the wall_ To give necessary directions for the defence of the city against assault; to see if the several guards were watchful and diligent, and if his orders were e...
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 said, in bitterness verging on despair, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE, OUT OF THE BARN-FLOOR, the product of threshing, grain or flour, OR OUT OF THE WINE-PRESS? It was...
THE GREAT FAMINE IN SAMARIA...
"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...
IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE: Or, Let not the Lord save thee...
24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the...
IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, or, _let not God help thee_, as some both ancient and late interpreters render the words. So they are words of impatience, and rage, and a formal curse, wishing that God...
2 Kings 6:27 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 help H3467 (H8686) where H370 help H3467 (H8686) floor...
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....
_And there was a great famine in Samaria._ FAMINE, A JUDGMENT OF GOD The language of truth, you perceive, formed the first portion of his words, and the language of despair the conclusion. I. That w...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:26 HELP, MY LORD, O KING. The plea is directed to the king as the ultimate court of human justice, as in 1 Kings 3:16. Israel has strayed a
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 6:19. I WILL BRING YOU TO THE MAN WHOM YE SEEK—This was an evasion for a good purpose, and not an untruth, for Elisha did bring them to him, vanquished and gr...
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...
Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 17:5; Psalms 118:8; Psalms 118:9; Psalms 124:1;...
Whence shall I help thee — Dost thou ask of me corn or wine, which I want for myself? If God does not, I cannot help thee. Creatures are helpless things without God. Every creature is all that, and on...