2 Kings 8:1

CHAPTER VIII

Account of the sojourning of the Shunammite in the land of the

Philistines, during the seven years famine, 1, 2.

She returns, and solicits the king to let her have back her

land; which, with its fruits, he orders to be restored to her,

3-6.

Elisha comes to Damascus, and finds Ben-hadad sick; who sends

his servant Hazael to the prophet to inquire whether he shall

recover, 7-9.

Elisha predicts his death, tells Hazael that he shall be king,

and shows him the atrocities he will commit, 10-14.

Hazael returns, stifles his master with a wet cloth, and reigns

in his stead, 15.

Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, becomes king over Judah; his bad

reign, 16-19.

Edom and Libnah revolt, 20-22.

Jehoram dies, and his son Ahaziah reigns in his stead, 23, 24.

His bad reign, 23-24.

He joins with Joram, son of Ahab, against Hazael; Joram is

wounded by the Syrians, and goes to Jezreel to be healed,

28, 29.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII

Verse 2 Kings 8:1. Then spake Elisha] As this is the relation of an event far past, the words should be translated, "But Elisha had spoken unto the woman whose son he had restored unto life; and the woman had arisen, and acted according to the saying of the man of God, and had gone with her family, and had sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years." What is mentioned in these two verses happened several years before the time specified in the third verse. See the observations at the end of the preceding chapter. 2 Kings 7:17.