Verse 26
26. Not any shut up, nor any left On this idiomatic phrase, see 1 Kings 14:10, note. Israel had become reduced to great extremities; the prisoner and the free seemed gone, and thus was fulfilled in them a prophecy of Moses. Compare Deuteronomy 32:36.
Nor any helper No God-sent deliverer, or “saviour,” (comp. 2 Kings 13:5; 2 Kings 19:25,) to effectually deliver them from the oppression of the Syrians. Joash had thrice smitten Syria, but as the dying Elisha prophesied, he secured no permanent victory.
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