열왕기하 8:5 KRV

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 8:5-6

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 8:5

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 8:1-6

God’s ability to control timing to bring blessing on the faithful 8:1-6Several details in this incident hinge on timing that God supernaturally controlled to bring blessing on the Shunamite woman, as God had promised. God directed her away from the famine before it came on Israel for the nation’s apostasy (2 Kings 8:1; cf. Deuteronomy 11:16-17; Deuteronomy 28:38-40; 1 Kings 18:2; et al.). The timing of the length of the famine showed it was an act of God (2 Kings 8:1; cf. 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 8:1-15

4. Jehoram’s evil reign in Israel 2:1-8:15Jehoram reigned 12 years in Israel (852-841 B.C.). His reign overlapped with Jehoshaphat and Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram’s coregency (853-848 B.C.) as well as Jehoram of Judah’s sole reign (848-841 B.C.). During these 12 years Elisha, whose name means "my God is salvation," was very active in Israel. In keeping with his theological purpose, the writer of Kings again emphasized incidents of spiritual significance that took place at this time (cf. 1 Kings... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 8:1-29

Elisha and the Shunammite. Elisha and Hazael. Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah1. Then spake Elisha] The occasion is not indicated, all the stories related of Elisha in this and the three preceding chapters being disconnected. A famine] Perhaps the same as that referred to in 2 Kings 4:38. 2. The land of the Philistines] This was a corn-growing district, near the still more productive country of Egypt. 3. To cry unto the king] Her property, being vacant during her absence, had seemingly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 8:5

(5) A dead body.—The dead.Cried.—Was crying. Literally, the Hebrew runs, And it came to pass, he (emphatic) was telling . . . and behold the woman was crying, &c. The woman came in, and began her prayer to the king, while he was talking with Gehazi about her and her son.This is her son.—Who was now grown up, and came as his mother’s escort. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-15

THE SHUNAMMITE AND HAZAEL2 Kings 8:1-15(Circa B.C. 886)"Our acts still follow with us from afar, And what we have been makes us what we are."-GEORGE ELIOTTHE next anecdote of Elisha brings us once more into contact with the Lady of Shunem. Famines, or dearths, were unhappily of very frequent occurrence in a country which is so wholly dependent, as Palestine is, upon the early and latter rain. On some former occasion Elisha had foreseen that "Jehovah had called for a famine"; for the sword, the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 8:5

8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling {c} the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to life.(c) God’s wonderful providence appears in this, that he caused the king to desire to hear him, whom before he contemned and also hereby prepared an entrance to the poor widows suit. read more