Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 8:15
Verse 2 Kings 8:15. A thick cloth] The versions, in general, understand this of a hairy or woollen cloth.
So that he died] He was smothered, or suffocated.
Verse 2 Kings 8:15. A thick cloth] The versions, in general, understand this of a hairy or woollen cloth.
So that he died] He was smothered, or suffocated.
A THICK CLOTH - Probably, a cloth or mat placed between the head and the upper part of the bedstead, which in Egypt and Assyria was often so shaped that pillows (in our sense) were unnecessary. The ob...
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...
IT CAME TO PASS. The inscriptions of Shal-manezer II agree with this. The name of Jehu appears on them with Hazael's....
_on the morrow_ He would not tarry. The means he employed was probably the coverlet of the bed, which, soaked and laid over the sick man's face, would effectually stop his breath. The noun rendered -t...
HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER— He did this that no signs of violence might appear upon him; for had the murder been in the least suspected, Hazael could not so easily have acceded to t...
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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER, AND SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE, SO THAT HE DIED: AND HAZAEL REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Took a thick cloth ... х_ HAMAKBE...
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...
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....
HE TOOK — _i.e._, Hazael, the nearest subject. Ewald objects that if Hazael were meant, his name would not occur where it does at the end of the verse. But the objection does not hold, for in relating...
וַ יְהִ֣י מִֽ מָּחֳרָ֗ת וַ יִּקַּ֤ח הַ
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 it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and (h) spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. (h) Under pretence to refre...
Blanket. Hebrew macber, a word which the Septuagint retain. (Haydock) --- It denotes a hairy coverlet, pillow, &c. Tiberius and Frederic II met with the like fate. (Calmet) --- some think that Hazael...
I hardly know a passage in history, even if simply considered as an history, more strikingly interesting to the feelings than this interview, as here related between Hazael and the prophet. Figure to...
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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW,.... In such haste was Hazael to be king, as the prophet said he would be: THAT HE TOOK A THICK CLOTH, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER, AND SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE, SO THAT HE...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. Ver. 15. _He took a thick cloth...
_And spread it on his face_ Pretending, it may be, to cool his immoderate heat with it, but applying it so closely that he choked him therewith; the king being weak, and unable to help himself, or per...
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 it came to pass on the morrow that he took a thick cloth, a heavy, woven coverlet, AND DIPPED IT IN WATER, which increased its heaviness still more, AND SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE SO THAT HE DIED. AND...
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...
SPREAD IT ON HIS FACE; pretending, it may be, to cool his immoderate heat with it; but applying it so closely, that he choked him therewith; by which artifice his death seemed to be natural, there bei...
2 Kings 8:15 day H4283 took H3947 (H8799) cloth H4346 dipped H2881 (H8799) water H4325 spread H6566 ...
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...
_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 8:15 HAZAEL BECAME KING. Hazael came to power in Syria sometime between 845 B.C., when it is known that Ben-hadad was still on the throne, and 841. He reigned for about 40 year...
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 11:26; 1 Kings 15:28; 1 Kings 16:10; 1 Kings 16:18;...
Spread it — So closely, that he choaked him therewith....