2 Kings 8:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-6

Here we have, I. The wickedness of Israel punished with a long famine, one of God's sore judgments often threatened in the law. Canaan, that fruitful land, was turned into barrenness, for the iniquity of those that dwelt therein. The famine in Samaria was soon relieved by the raising of that siege, but neither that judgment nor that mercy had a due influence upon them, and therefore the Lord called for another famine; for when he judgeth he will overcome. If less judgments do not prevail to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1

Then spoke Elisha unto the woman (whose son he had restored to life) ,.... His hostess at Shunem, 2 Kings 4:8 the following he said to her, not after the famine in Samaria, but before it, as some circumstances show: saying, arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn ; with the greatest safety to her person and property, and with the least danger to her moral and religious character: for the Lord hath called for a famine, and it shall also come... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 8:1

Then spake Elisha - As this is the relation of an event far past, the words should be translated, "But Elisha had spoken unto the woman whose son he had restored unto life; and the woman had arisen, and acted according to the saying of the man of God, and had gone with her family, and had sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years." What is mentioned in these two verses happened several years before the time specified in the third verse. See the observations at the end of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1

Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life. There is no "then" in the original, of which the simplest rendering would be, "And Elisha spake unto the woman," etc. The true sense is, perhaps, best brought out by the Revised Version, which gives the following: Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman , etc. The reference is to a time long anterior to the siege of Samaria. Saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-6

The sequel of the story of the Shunammite. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-6

All things work together for good to them that love God. The piety of the Shunammite had been sufficiently shown in the previous record left us of her ( 2 Kings 4:8-37 ). The sequel of her story indicates how, in a wonderful way, events and circumstances seemingly fortuitous and unconnected work together for the advantage and happiness of one who lives virtuously, and seeks in all things to serve God and advance the cause of religion. "The series of incidents," it has been well said,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-6

The Shunammite's land restored. The Bible has a good deal to say about the land question. There is one memorable passage in Isaiah (v. 8): "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth l" There is another memorable passage in the Epistle of St, James: "Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-6

Topics for reflection. "Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life," etc. In these verses we have an illustration of the reward of kindness, the ignorance of royalty, and the influence of godliness. I. THE REWARD OF KINDNESS . "Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-6

The Shunammite and her lands. This narrative is the sequel to the history of the Shunammite in 2 Kings 4:1-44 . It furnishes another instance of how God cares for and rewards his people. I. ELISHA 'S WARNING . In chronological order this narrative seems to precede the cure of Naaman, while Gehazi was still the servant of the prophet. A famine of long duration was about to descend on the land, and Elisha gave timely warning to the Shunammite to take refuge somewhere else. 1. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 8:1-15

Elisha is still the protagonistes of the historical drama. The writer brings together in the present section two more occasions of a public character in which he was concerned, and in which kings also bore a part. One of the occasions is domestic, and shows the interest which Jehoram took in the miracles of the prophet, and in those who were the objects of them ( 2 Kings 8:1-6 ). The other belongs to Syrian, rather than to Israelite, history, and proves that the influence of Elisha was not... read more

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