John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me ,.... He swore and made dreadful imprecations: if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day ; imputing the sore famine to him, because he had foretold it, and did not pray for the removal of it, as he might; and perhaps had advised and encouraged the king to hold out the siege, which had brought them to this extremity, and therefore was enraged at him. read more
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