The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-29
THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE . THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL ; AND THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH IN JUDAH . read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:4
And the king talked with Gehazi ; rather, now the king was talking with Gehazi , as in the Revised Version. The king, i.e; happened to be talking with Gehazi at the moment when the woman came into his presence and "cried" to him. It has been reasonably concluded from this, that chronological order is not observed in the portion of the narrative which treats of Elisha and his doings, since a king of Israel would scarcely be in familiar conversation with a leper (Keil). It may be added... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he — i.e. Elisha— had restored a dead Body to life. This was undoubtedly the greatest of all Elisha's miracles, and Gehazi naturally enlarged upon it. As an eye-witness ( 2 Kings 4:29-36 ), he could give all the details. That, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. The coincidence can scarcely have been accidental. Divine providence so ordered matters that, just when... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 8:4
2 Kings 8:4 . The king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God Or, who had been his servant formerly. The law did not forbid conversing with lepers at a due distance, but only the dwelling with them. Thus Naaman conversed with Elisha’s family at a distance; and the lepers called to our Lord, as he went along the highway. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 8:5-6
2 Kings 8:5-6. As he was telling the king, &c., the woman cried to the king, &c. By the order of Providence she came to present her petition, and brought her son with her, in that very instant of time when Gehazi was telling the story of Elisha’s restoring him to life, that the king might be more fully satisfied of the truth of what he related from her own mouth, and that it might make the deeper impression upon him. Providence ought to be carefully observed, and devoutly... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-15
Miracles of warning to Israel (6:8-8:15)The remaining stories of Elisha concentrate on his dealings with the rulers of Israel and Syria. God was going to use Syria to punish Israel for its sin during the period of the Omri dynasty, but first he had various lessons to teach the two nations.On one occasion when Israel and Syria were fighting each other, Elisha repeatedly warned the Israelite king of Syrian ambushes (8-10). The Syrian king was furious when he learnt why his ambushes failed, and... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 8:4
all the great things. See note on 2 Kings 2:15 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 8:5
restored a dead body. Compare 2 Kings 4:35 . behold. Figure of speech Asterismos . for . . . for. Hebrew. 'al = for [to call attention to]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 8:4
4-6. the king talked with Gehazi—Ceremonial pollution being conveyed by contact alone, there was nothing to prevent a conference being held with this leper at a distance; and although he was excluded from the town of Samaria, this reported conversation may have taken place at the gate or in one of the royal gardens. The providence of God so ordained that King Jehoram had been led to inquire, with great interest, into the miraculous deeds of Elisha, and that the prophet's servant was in the act... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-15
Elisha is still the protagonistes of the historical drama. The writer brings together in the present section two more occasions of a public character in which he was concerned, and in which kings also bore a part. One of the occasions is domestic, and shows the interest which Jehoram took in the miracles of the prophet, and in those who were the objects of them ( 2 Kings 8:1-6 ). The other belongs to Syrian, rather than to Israelite, history, and proves that the influence of Elisha was not... read more