2 Kings 6:30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

This last paragraph of this chapter should, of right, have been the first of the next chapter, for it begins a new story, which is there continued and concluded. Here is, I. The siege which the king of Syria laid to Samaria and the great distress which the city was reduced to thereby. The Syrians had soon forgotten the kindnesses they had lately received in Samaria, and very ungratefully, for aught that appears without any provocation, sought the destruction of it, 2 Kgs. 6:24. There are base... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:30

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes ,.... At the horror of the fact reported, and through grief that his people were brought into such distress through famine: and he passed by upon the wall ; returning to his palace: and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth upon his flesh ; which, in token of humiliation for averting the calamities he was under, he had put there before, and now was seen through the rending of his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 6:30

He had sackcloth within upon his flesh - The king was in deep mourning for the distresses of the people. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

Half-heartedness. Jehoram was altogether half-hearted in his religion. He "halted between two opinions." While he paid a certain amount of respect to Elisha, as the prophet of Jehovah, he nevertheless allowed the worship of Baal to continue in the capital ( 2 Kings 10:18-28 ), if not elsewhere, and maintained the calf-worship also at Dan and Bethel ( 2 Kings 3:3 ). He had suffered himself to be guided by Elisha in respect of the Syrian prisoners captured by the prophet ( 2 Kings 6:23 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

Samaria besieged. I. A CITY IN DISTRESS . Once more the people of Samaria were in great straits. A besieging army was at their gates, and, most terrible of all, the horrors of famine were within their walls. They were reduced to the greatest extremities. The women were actually beginning to cook and eat their own children. Whichever way they looked, the prospect was dark. To open the gates to the Syrians meant death or captivity. And the longer they remained within their walls, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

Subjects worth considering. "And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria," etc. These verses, brimful of the wicked and the horrible, press the following subjects on our attention. I. THE INHUMANITY OF WAR . "And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

The siege of Samaria. Unwarned by the failure of previous attempts, Benhadad was soon engaged in a new war on Israel. The fresh invasion was made the occasion of a fresh deliverance, more wonderful than any of the preceding, but not before Samaria had been reduced to the most desperate straits. I. THE HORRORS OF A SIEGE . 1. The city invested . The King of Syria advanced with his army, and struck a direct blow at the capital of the country. Samaria was the key of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:30

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes . In horror and consternation at the terrible state of things revealed by the woman's story. And he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked. It is better to translate, with our Revisers, (Now he yeas passing by upon the wall ;) and the people looked ; or, and , as he was passing by upon the wall , the people looked . And, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. Jehoram... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 6:30

Sackcloth - Jehoram hoped perhaps to avert Yahweh’s anger, as his father had done 1 Kings 21:29. But there was no spirit of self-humiliation, or of true pentitence in his heart 2 Kings 5:7. See the next verse. 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 6:30

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 6:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 6:30

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

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