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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 7:10

They called unto the porter ... and told them - The word “porter” is used like our “guard” and the meaning here is, not that the lepers called to any particular individual, but that they roused the body of men who were keeping guard at one of the gates. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 7:9-11

2 Kings 7:9-11. They said We do not well Not well for our brethren, whom we should pity and help; nor well for ourselves, for we may suffer for this neglect; either from the Syrians, who may be lurking hereabouts, or from our king and people, or from God’s immediate hand. Thus their own consciences spoke to them, and they hearkened to the dictates thereof, and acquainted the sentinel with what they had discovered, who straightway carried the intelligence to the court, which was not the less... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 7:1-20

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 7:10

the tents = their tents. So Septuagint as = just as. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 7:10

10. horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were—The uniform arrangement of encampments in the East is to place the tents in the center, while the cattle are picketed all around, as an outer wall of defense; and hence the lepers describe the cattle as the first objects they saw. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 7:1-20

The Relief of Samaria1. A measure] Heb. a seah, equal to 6 cabs, and rather less than 3 gallons. In the gate of Samaria] The open space at the gate of an Eastern city served as a market-place!2. Windows in heaven] These were the outlets from which the rain came (Genesis 7:11), and the officer asked scornfully whether the famine could be relieved even if rain fell immediately.3. The gate] Lepers would be required to keep outside the city: cp. Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 13:46. 5. The uttermost... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 7:10

(10) The porter.—The Oriental versions may be right in reading “porters,” i.e., warders. The plural is implied by “they told them,” which immediately follows, and actually occurs in 2 Kings 7:11. But the reading of the LXX. and Vulg., “gate,” implies the same consonants differently pointed, as those of the word “porter.” This attests the antiquity of the reading. Probably, therefore, the word “porter” is here used collectively.No man . . . voice of man.—The first word (’îsh) denotes an... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 7:1-20

3THE FAMINE AND THE SIEGE2 Kings 6:24-33; 2 Kings 7:1-20"‘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."-LESSING, "Nathan the Wise, " Act I, Sc. 3IF the Benhadad, King of Syria, who reduced Samaria to the horrible straits recorded in this chapter, {; 2 Kings 6:1-33} was the same Benhadad whom Ahab had treated with such impolitic confidence, his hatred against Israel must indeed have burned hotly.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 7:1-20

6. Elisha’s Prediction and Its Fulfilment CHAPTER 7 1. Elisha’s prediction (2 Kings 7:1 ) 2. The unbelieving lord (2 Kings 7:2 ) 3. The four lepers and their discovery (2 Kings 7:3-8 ) 4. The day of good tidings (2 Kings 7:9-15 ) 5. The prediction fulfilled (2 Kings 7:16-18 ) 6. The death of the unbelieving lord (2 Kings 7:19-20 ) When the worst had come, Samaria starving to death, the king in despondency, Elisha’s life threatened, then the mercy and kindness of God is revealed... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 7:1-20

GOD INTERVENES (vv.1-20). The prophet whom Jehoram wanted to kill then gave a wonderful message of grace from God. What a response to the callous folly of the king of Israel! Elisha tells them, "Hear the word of the Lord: Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria" (v.1). This was the word of the Lord, yet an officer of the king answered derisively, "If the Lord would make windows in heaven, could... read more