2 Kings 6
Overview
6:1 Elisha, giving leave to the young prophets to enlarge their dwellings, causes iron to swim;
6:8 He discloses the king of Syria's counsel;
6:13 The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with blindness;
6:19 Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace;
6:24 The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children;
6:30 The king sends to slay Elisha. Verse 1 the sons 2 Kings 2:3, 4:1; 1 Kings 20:35 the place 2 Kings 4:38; 1 Samuel 19:20 too strait for us Joshua 17:14, 19:47; Job 36:16; Isaiah 49:19, 49:20, 54:2, 54:3 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 10:5 - a company; 2 Kings 2:15 - bowed; 9:1 - the children; Amos 2:11 - I raised; 7:14 - neither; John 21:3 - I go Verse 2 and take thence John 21:3; Acts 18:3, 20:34, 20:35; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Timothy 6:6
Verse 3 Be content 2 Kings 5:23; Judges 19:6; Job 6:28 go with thy Judges 4:8
Verse 4 they cut down wood Deuteronomy 19:5, 29:11
Verse 5 ax headHeb. iron, Ecclesiastes 10:10; Isaiah 10:34 master 2 Kings 6:15, 3:10; Revelation 18:10, 18:16, 18:19 for it was borrowed 2 Kings 4:7; Exodus 22:14, 22:15; Psalm 37:21 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 19:5 - head Verse 6 he cut downThis could have no natural tendency to raise the iron and cause it to swim: it was only a sign, or ceremony, which the prophet chose to employ on the occasion. 2 Kings 2:21, 4:41; Exodus 15:25; Mark 7:33, 7:34, 8:23-25; John 9:6, 9:7 the ironThis was the real miracle; for the gravity of the metal must otherwise still have kept it at the bottom of the river.Reciprocal 1 Samuel 9:6 - city; 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great Verse 7 Take it up 2 Kings 4:7, 4:36; Luke 7:15; Acts 9:41 put out Exodus 4:4
Verse 8 the king 2 Kings 6:24; 1 Kings 20:1, 20:34, 22:31 took 20:23; Job 5:12, 5:13; Proverbs 20:18, 21:30; Isaiah 7:5-7, 8:10 campor, encampingReciprocal 1 Kings 14:5 - the Lord; 20:13 - Hast thou; 2 Kings 6:23 - So the bands; Daniel 2:19 - was; John 15:15 - all; Acts 13:11 - thou; 14:6 - were Verse 9 Beware 2 Kings 3:17-19; 1 Kings 20:13, 20:28 thither the Syrians 2 Kings 4:27; Amos 3:7; Revelation 1:1 Reciprocal 2 Kings 6:12 - telleth; 6:23 - So the bands; 8:4 - all the great; 13:19 - the man of God; Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord; Acts 27:10 - I perceive Verse 10 sent to the placeTo see if it were so. But the Vulgate renders, misit rex Israel ad locum, et preoccupavit eum; "the king of Israel sent to the place, and pre-occupied it;" which is very likely, though not expressed in the Hebrew Text. 2 Kings 5:14; Exodus 9:20, 9:21; 1 Kings 20:15; Proverbs 27:12; Matthew 24:15-17 warned him Ezekiel 3:18-21; Matthew 2:12, 3:7; Habakkuk 3:1 saved 2 Kings 2:12, 13:14; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Amos 7:1-6; Acts 27:24 Reciprocal 2 Kings 6:12 - telleth; Job 33:29 - oftentimes; 40:5 - twice; Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord; 35:4 - a man; Ezekiel 33:5 - But; Acts 27:10 - I perceive; 27:11 - believed; 2 Peter 1:21 - in old time Verse 11 Therefore 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 18:7-11; Psalm 48:4, 48:5; Isaiah 57:20, 57:21; Matthew 2:3-12 Will ye not 1 Samuel 22:8
Verse 12 NoneHeb. NoElisha 2 Kings 5:3, 5:8, 5:13-15; Amos 3:7 telleth 2 Kings 6:9, 6:10; Isaiah 29:15; Jeremiah 23:23, 23:24; Daniel 2:22, 2:23, 2:28-30, 2:47, 4:9-18, thy bed chamber, Psalm 139:1-4; Ecclesiastes 10:20 Reciprocal 1 Kings 20:22 - the prophet; 2 Kings 4:27 - hid it from me; 5:26 - Went; 6:32 - ere the messenger; 8:5 - My lord; 8:7 - The man of God; Job 12:22 - discovereth; Psalm 139:2 - knowest; John 4:19 - I perceive Verse 13 spy where 1 Samuel 23:22, 23:23; Psalm 10:8-10, 37:12-14, 37:32, 37:33; Jeremiah 36:26; Matthew 2:4-8; John 11:47-53; Acts 23:12-27 DothanThis is supposed to be the same place where Joseph was sold by his brethren; and it is placed by Eusebius 12 miles north of Samaria. Genesis 37:17 Reciprocal 2 Kings 1:9 - sent unto Verse 14 sent he thither horsesIt is strange the Syrian monarch did not think, that he who could penetrate his secrets with respect to the Israelitish army, could inform himself of all the machinations against his own life. 2 Kings 1:9-13; 1 Samuel 23:26, 24:2; Matthew 26:47, 26:55; John 18:3-6 greatHeb. heavy, 2 Kings 18:17 *marg.Reciprocal Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord; Zechariah 12:4 - I will smite Verse 15 servantor, minister, 2 Kings 3:11, 5:20, 5:27; Exodus 24:13; 1 Kings 19:21; Matthew 20:26-28; Acts 13:5 Alas 2 Kings 6:5; 2 Chronicles 20:12; Psalm 53:5; Matthew 8:26 Reciprocal Leviticus 25:20 - General; 2 Samuel 24:14 - I am in; 1 Chronicles 21:13 - I am in; Psalm 3:6 - I will; 27:3 - host; Matthew 14:30 - when; Luke 11:34 - but; 2 Peter 1:21 - in old time; Revelation 20:9 - and compassed Verse 16 Fear not Exodus 14:13; Psalm 3:6, 11:1, 27:3, 118:11, 118:12; Isaiah 8:12, 8:13, 41:10-14; Mark 16:6; Acts 18:9, 18:10; Philippians 1:28 they that be 2 Chronicles 16:9, 32:7, 32:8; Psalm 46:7, 46:11, 55:18; Isaiah 8:10; Matthew 26:53; Romans 8:31; 1 John 4:4 Reciprocal 1 Kings 17:13 - Fear not; 2 Kings 19:6 - Be not afraid; Psalm 68:17 - chariots; 91:11 - For; Matthew 18:10 - their; Acts 27:24 - Fear not; Habakkuk 3:1 - escaped; Revelation 5:11 - many Verse 17 prayed Psalm 91:15; James 5:16-18 open his eyes 2 Kings 6:18-20; Psalm 119:18; Isaiah 42:7; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:18; Revelation 3:7 full of horses 2 Kings 2:11; Psalm 34:7, 68:17, 91:11, 104:3; Ezekiel 1:13-16; Zechariah 1:8, 6:1-7; Matthew 26:53; Habakkuk 1:14; Revelation 19:11, 19:14 Reciprocal Genesis 21:19 - General; 32:2 - God's; Numbers 22:23 - the ass saw; 22:31 - opened; 2 Kings 4:33 - prayed; 6:20 - open the eyes; 8:4 - all the great; 1 Chronicles 21:16 - saw the angel; 2 Chronicles 20:22 - to sing and to; Psalm 104:4 - ministers; Song of Songs 3:7 - threescore; Daniel 10:7 - alone; Hosea 9:8 - with; Matthew 18:10 - their; Acts 9:8 - he saw; Habakkuk 1:7 - Who Verse 18 Smite this peopleConfound their sight, so that they may not know what they see; and so mistake one place for another. The word sanverim, rendered blindness, occurs only here and in Genesis 19:11 - see note. Deuteronomy 28:28; Job 5:14; Zechariah 12:4; John 9:39, 12:40; Acts 13:11; Romans 11:7 Reciprocal 1 Kings 13:4 - his hand; 2 Kings 3:23 - This is blood; 4:33 - prayed; 6:17 - open his eyes; Job 38:15 - from; Jeremiah 36:26 - but; Hosea 9:8 - with; Luke 24:16 - General; John 8:59 - but Verse 19 follow meHeb. come ye after me, Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23 I will bring 2 Samuel 16:18, 16:19; Luke 24:16 Reciprocal Genesis 37:15 - What; Joshua 2:4 - General; Judges 4:18 - Jael; Jeremiah 38:27 - and he told Verse 20 open the eyes 2 Kings 6:17; Luke 24:31 opened Judges 20:40-42; Luke 16:23 Reciprocal Genesis 3:7 - And the; 2 Kings 4:33 - prayed Verse 21 My fatherThis was dastardly: the utmost he ought to have done with these men, when thus brought into his hand, was to make them prisoners of war. 2 Kings 2:12, 5:13, 8:9, 13:14 shall 1 Samuel 24:4, 24:19, 26:8; Luke 9:54-56, 22:49 Reciprocal Judges 17:10 - a father; 18:19 - a father; Matthew 23:9 - call; Mark 6:20 - feared Verse 22 wouldest Deuteronomy 20:11-16; 2 Chronicles 28:8-13 thy sword Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:12; Psalm 44:6; Hosea 1:7, 2:18 set bread Proverbs 25:21, 25:22; Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:20, 12:21 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 9:9 - I neither; 1 Kings 18:4 - fed them; 2 Chronicles 28:15 - gave them Verse 23 he prepared 1 Samuel 24:17, 24:18; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Proverbs 25:21, 25:22; Matthew 5:47; Luke 6:35, 10:29-37 So the bandsThat is, for a considerable time. What is mentioned in the next verse was more than a year afterwards. See note on 2 Kings 6:8, 6:9, 5:2, 24:2 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 4:2 - captains; 1 Kings 18:4 - fed them; 2 Kings 13:20 - the bands Verse 24 gathered 2 Kings 17:5, 18:9, 25:1; Deuteronomy 28:52; 1 Kings 20:1, 22:31; Ecclesiastes 9:14 Reciprocal 1 Kings 16:17 - besieged Tirzah; 20:42 - thy life shall go; 2 Kings 6:8 - the king; 8:7 - Benhadad; Amos 1:4 - Benhadad Verse 25 a great famine 2 Kings 6:28, 6:29, 7:4, 25:3; 1 Kings 18:2; Jeremiah 14:13-15, 14:18, 32:24, 52:6 an ass's headIf the pieces of silver were drachms, the whole would amount to about 2d 9s; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal. Ezekiel 4:13-16 dove's dungThis probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others suppose, a kind of pulse, or vetches, which the Arabs still call pigeon's dung. "They never," says Dr. Shaw - Travels, p. 140
"constitute a dish by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over cuscasowe, pillowe, and other dishes. They are besides in the greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then assuming the name leblebby; " and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.Reciprocal Genesis 12:10 - was a; 41:55 - famished; 2 Samuel 21:1 - a famine; 1 Kings 8:37 - in the land famine; 16:17 - besieged Tirzah; 2 Kings 7:1 - a measure of fine flour; 18:27 - eat; 2 Chronicles 6:28 - if there be dearth; Psalm 59:15 - for meat; Isaiah 36:12 - that they may; Lamentations 1:11 - seek; Ezekiel 5:16 - and will; Amos 4:6 - and want Verse 26 my lord 2 Samuel 14:4; Isaiah 10:3; Luke 18:3; Acts 21:28 Reciprocal Genesis 47:18 - General; 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I; 8:3 - General; 8:5 - My lord; Job 21:4 - if it were; Psalm 107:12 - and there; Jeremiah 19:9 - eat the; Lamentations 4:3 - the daughter; 4:10 - hands Verse 27 If the Lordetc. or, Let not the Lord save theewhence Psalm 60:11, 62:8, 118:8, 118:9, 124:1-3, 127:1, 146:3; Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 17:5 Reciprocal Genesis 41:16 - It is not; Numbers 18:27 - the corn; Deuteronomy 28:8 - storehouses; 1 Samuel 28:16 - Wherefore; 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I; Job 21:4 - if it were; Psalm 107:12 - and there; Ecclesiastes 10:13 - beginning Verse 28 What aileth thee Genesis 21:17; Judges 18:23; 1 Samuel 1:8; 2 Samuel 14:5; Psalm 114:5; Isaiah 22:1 Give thy son Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53-57; Isaiah 9:20, 9:21, 49:15; Lamentations 4:10; Ezekiel 5:10; Matthew 24:18-21; Luke 23:29 Reciprocal 2 Kings 6:25 - a great famine; Job 39:16 - as; Lamentations 2:20 - Shall the women Verse 29 nextHeb. othershe hath hid 1 Kings 3:26; Isaiah 49:15, 66:13 Reciprocal Leviticus 26:29 - General; Deuteronomy 28:53 - the fruit; 2 Kings 6:25 - a great famine; Job 39:16 - as; Lamentations 2:20 - Shall the women; 4:10 - in; Ezekiel 5:10 - the fathers Verse 30 he rent his clothes 2 Kings 5:7, 19:1; 1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 58:5-7 Reciprocal Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to rend; Isaiah 15:3 - their streets; Jeremiah 48:37 - upon the loins; Joel 2:13 - your garments Verse 31 God do so Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17, 14:44, 25:22; 2 Samuel 3:9, 3:35, 19:13; 1 Kings 2:23 if the head 18:17, 19:2, 22:8; Jeremiah 37:15, 37:16, 38:4; John 11:50; Acts 23:12, 23:13 Reciprocal Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil; 2 Kings 3:2 - wrought; 5:20 - as the Lord liveth; Proverbs 16:14 - messengers; Ecclesiastes 10:13 - beginning; Jeremiah 32:3 - Zedekiah; Matthew 14:9 - the oath's; Mark 6:23 - he; Luke 6:23 - for in Verse 32 the elders Ezekiel 8:1, 14:1, 20:1, 33:31 ere the messenger 2 Kings 6:12, 5:26 See ye how Luke 13:32 son of a murderer 1 Kings 18:4, 18:13, 18:14, 21:10 the sound 14:6 Reciprocal Exodus 7:1 - See; 2 Kings 3:2 - wrought; 5:9 - General; 7:18 - as the man; 8:4 - all the great; Jeremiah 32:3 - Zedekiah; Lamentations 3:39 - a man; Acts 5:9 - the feet; Habakkuk 3:1 - escaped Verse 33 this evil is of the Lord Genesis 4:13; Exodus 16:6-8; 1 Samuel 28:6-8, 31:4; Job 1:11, 1:21, 2:5, 2:9; Proverbs 19:3; Isaiah 8:21; Jeremiah 2:25; Ezekiel 33:10; Matthew 27:4, 27:5; 2 Corinthians 2:7, 2:11; Revelation 16:9-11 wait for the Psalm 27:14, 37:7, 37:9, 62:5; Isaiah 8:17, 26:3, 50:10; Lamentations 3:25, 3:26; Habakkuk 2:3; Luke 18:1 Reciprocal Judges 14:4 - it was of the Lord; 1 Samuel 28:7 - Seek me; 2 Kings 3:10 - the Lord; 7:1 - Elisha said; 7:13 - they are even; Job 15:22 - He believeth not; Psalm 107:12 - and there; Jeremiah 18:12 - There; Amos 6:10 - Hold