2 Reis 6:30-33 NVT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 6:32

But Elisha sat ... - Translate, “And Elisha was sitting in his house, and all the elders were sitting with him, when the king sent, etc.”The “elders,” - either “the elders of the city” or “the elders of the land,” - who may have been in session at Samaria now, as they had been at the time of a former siege 1 Kings 20:7 - had gone to Elisha for his advice or assistance. Their imminent peril drove them to acknowledge the power of Yahweh, and to consult with His prophet.This son of a murderer - i.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 6:33

The messenger - It has been proposed to change “messenger” into “king,” the two words being in Hebrew nearly alike, and the speech with which the chapter ends being considered only suitable in the mouth of the king, whose presence is indicated in 2 Kings 7:2, 2 Kings 7:17. Others think that the words “and the king after him” have fallen out of the text.Came down - The messenger came down from off the wall to the level of the streets.Behold this evil ... - Jehoram bursts into the prophet’s... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:30

2 Kings 6:30. When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes Partly through grief for such a horrid fact, and partly through indignation at the prophet. And the people looked Who were in great numbers upon the wall, chiefly for the defence of the city. And behold, he had sackcloth upon his flesh Under his inner garments, in token of his sorrow for the miseries of his people, and lamenting that it was not in his power to help them. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:31

2 Kings 6:31. If the head of Elisha shall stand on him this day If I do not this day take his head and his life. This wretched and partial prince overlooks his own great and various sins, and, among the rest, his obstinate adherence to the worship of the calves, and his conniving at the idolatries and witchcrafts of his mother Jezebel, (2 Kings 9:22,) and the wickedness of the people, which were the true and proper causes of this and all their calamities; and he lays the blame of all upon... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:32

2 Kings 6:32 . Elisha sat in his house In the house where he lodged; for it is probable he had no house of his own, having forsaken all to follow Elijah. And the elders sat with him Either the sons of the prophets, or rather some good and godly men, such as are frequently termed elders in the prophecy of Ezekiel, who bore some office either in the court, army, or city, as seems probable from the prophet’s desiring their help and protection. For though Jehoram was a wicked man, and most of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:33

2 Kings 6:33. While he yet talked with them, the messenger came Namely, to the door, where we are to understand he was stopped that he could not come at the prophet till the king came. And he said, Behold, this evil, &c. Either the messenger said this in the king’s name and words, or rather the king himself, who, though not here named, may be presumed to be present, both by the prophet’s prediction of his speedy coming, and by the presence of the lord, on whose hand the king leaned,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:8-33

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 6:32

hold him fast at the door: or, hold the door fast against him. App-6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 6:33

messenger. Hebrew. hammal'ak, without the ' aleph ('a), as in Septuagint and Syriac. In 1 Samuel 11:4 the case is reversed. The Massorah informs us that the aleph was wrongly inserted, making it read messengers instead of "kings". The king must have followed on his heels, for Elisha addresses him directly in 2 Kings 7:1 , 2 Kings 7:2 . Compare 2 Kings 7:17 . what . . . ? = why? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . These are the words of the king. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 6:32

THE ORDER WENT FORTH TO KILL ELISHA"But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him; is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 6:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 6:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:8-33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 6:32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 6:33

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 6:32

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