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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:1-33

Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very brave, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and brought away captives out of the land of Israel and a little maid happened to be the servant of his wife. And she said, It's too bad your husband isn't with the prophet there in Israel, because he could heal him of his leprosy.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 6:1-33

2 Kings 6:1 . Sons of the prophets. See on 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5. Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their college was a plain home-built house. 2 Kings 6:5 . Borrowed. שׂאל , this root, as in Exodus 11:0., will not bear any other sense than to borrow or to ask. The loss of an axe was almost irreparable, where steel forges were scarce and distant. The recovery of this axe by a miracle was a special mark of the divine favour, towards the new enlargement of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 6:8-23

2 Kings 6:8-23Then the King of Syria warred against Israel.Elisha at DothanSeeing the invisible! Here is the young business man. He spends his days in a close and musty counting-room, casting up interminable figures, or behind a distasteful counter, selling goods. But he sees something more than the ledger and the counting-house and the dry goods. He sees a beautiful home, and a warm fireside, and a happy family, and an easy competence for old age. It is this glimpse of the invisible that makes... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 6:11

2Ki 6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us [is] for the king of Israel? Ver. 11. Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled. ] Heb., Was tempested, or tossed with passions, as chaff is with whirlwinds, or the sea with counterblasts. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 6:11

Therefore: 1 Samuel 28:21, Job 18:7-1 Kings :, Psalms 48:4, Psalms 48:5, Isaiah 57:20, Isaiah 57:21, Matthew 2:3-2 Kings : Will ye not: 1 Samuel 22:8 read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 6:8-23

THE SYRIANS SMITTEN WITH BLINDNESS, 2 Kings 6:8-23. We come now to another class of wonders with which the ministry of Elisha was associated; not so much miracles, wrought by his agency, as marvellous answers to his prayers. In this section and the following, Elisha appears not as a worker of miracles, but as a seer, gifted with supernatural vision, and a prophet of great wisdom and prudence. His agency in these Syrian wars is substantially what it was in the war with Mesha, king of Moab. 2... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 6:11

11. Sore troubled Ben-hadad was vexed and chagrined to find that all his plans and movements were made known to the Israelites, and that they could thus treat all his stratagems with derision. He at once suspected that there were traitors in his own camp. read more

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