Introduction
Overview
2 Kings 6 . 1 , Elisha , giving leave to the young prophets to enlarge their dwellings , causes iron to swim; 2 Kings 6 . 8 , He discloses the king of Syria’s counsel; 2 Kings 6 . 13 , The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha , is smitten with blindness; 2 Kings 6 . 19 , Being brought into Samaria , they are dismissed in peace; 2 Kings 6 . 24 , The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children; 2 Kings 6 . 30 , The king sends to slay Elisha.
the sons . 2 Kings 2 . 3 , 2 Kings 4 . 1 , 1 Kings 20 . 35
the place . 2 Kings 4 . 38 , 1 Samuel 19 . 20
too strait for us . Joshua 17 . 14 , Joshua 19 . 47 , Job 36 . 16 , Isaiah 49 . 19 , Isaiah 49 . 20 , Isaiah 54 . 2 , Isaiah 54 . 3
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 10 . 5 . a company 2 Kings 2 . 15 . bowed 2 Kings 9 . 1 . the children Amos 2 . 11 . I raised Amos 7 . 14 . neither John 21 . 3 . I go
and take thence . John 21 . 3 , Acts 18 . 3 , Acts 20 . 34 , Acts 20 . 35 , 1 Corinthians 9 . 6 , 1 Thessalonians 2 . 9 , 2 Thessalonians 3 . 8 , 1 Timothy 6 . 6
Be content . 2 Kings 5 . 23 , Judges 19 . 6 , Job 6 . 28
go with thy . Judges 4 . 8
they cut down wood . Deuteronomy 19 . 5 , Deuteronomy 29 . 11
ax head . Heb. iron , Ecclesiastes 10 . 10 , Isaiah 10 . 34
master . 2 Kings 6 . 15 , 2 Kings 3 . 10 , Revelation 18 . 10 , Revelation 18 . 16 , Revelation 18 . 19
for it was borrowed . 2 Kings 4 . 7 , Exodus 22 . 14 , Exodus 22 . 15 , Psalm 37 . 21
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 19 . 5 . head
he cut down . This 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 , 2 Kings 4 . 41 , Exodus 15 . 25 , Mark 7 . 33 , Mark 7 . 34 , Mark 8 . 23-25 , John 9 . 6 , John 9 . 7
the iron . This 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
Take it up . 2 Kings 4 . 7 , 2 Kings 4 . 36 , Luke 7 . 15 , Acts 9 . 41
put out . Exodus 4 . 4
the king . 2 Kings 6 . 24 , 1 Kings 20 . 1 , 1 Kings 20 . 34 , 1 Kings 22 . 31
took . 1 Kings 20 . 23 , Job 5 . 12 , Job 5 . 13 , Proverbs 20 . 18 , Proverbs 21 . 30 , Isaiah 7 . 5-7 , Isaiah 8 . 10
camp . or , encamping
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 14 . 5 . the Lord 1 Kings 20 . 13 . Hast thou 2 Kings 6 . 23 . So the bands Daniel 2 . 19 . was John 15 . 15 . all Acts 13 . 11 . thou Acts 14 . 6 . were
Beware . 2 Kings 3 . 17-19 , 1 Kings 20 . 13 , 1 Kings 20 . 28
thither the Syrians . 2 Kings 4 . 27 , Amos 3 . 7 , Revelation 1 . 1
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 6 . 12 . telleth 2 Kings 6 . 23 . So the bands 2 Kings 8 . 4 . all the great 2 Kings 13 . 19 . the man of God Jeremiah 11 . 18 . the Lord Acts 27 . 10 . I perceive
sent to the place . To 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 , Exodus 9 . 21 , 1 Kings 20 . 15 , Proverbs 27 . 12 , Matthew 24 . 15-17
warned him . Ezekiel 3 . 18-21 , Matthew 2 . 12 , Matthew 3 . 7 , Hebrews 11 . 7
saved . 2 Kings 2 . 12 , 2 Kings 13 . 14 , 2 Chronicles 20 . 20 , Amos 7 . 1-6 , Acts 27 . 24
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 6 . 12 . telleth Job 33 . 29 . oftentimes Job 40 . 5 . twice Jeremiah 11 . 18 . the Lord Jeremiah 35 . 4 . a man Ezekiel 33 . 5 . But Acts 27 . 10 . I perceive Acts 27 . 11 . believed 2 Peter 1 . 21 . in old time
Therefore . 1 Samuel 28 . 21 , Job 18 . 7-11 , Psalm 48 . 4 , Psalm 48 . 5 , Isaiah 57 . 20 , Isaiah 57 . 21 , Matthew 2 . 3-12
Will ye not . 1 Samuel 22 . 8
None . Heb. No
Elisha . 2 Kings 5 . 3 , 2 Kings 5 . 8 , 2 Kings 5 . 13-15 , Amos 3 . 7
telleth . 2 Kings 6 . 9 , 2 Kings 6 . 10 , Isaiah 29 . 15 , Jeremiah 23 . 23 , Jeremiah 23 . 24 , Daniel 2 . 22 , Daniel 2 . 23 , Daniel 2 . 28-30 , Daniel 2 . 47 , Daniel 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 2 Kings 5 . 26 . Went 2 Kings 6 . 32 . ere the messenger 2 Kings 8 . 5 . My lord 2 Kings 8 . 7 . The man of God Job 12 . 22 . discovereth Psalm 139 . 2 . knowest John 4 . 19 . I perceive
spy where . 1 Samuel 23 . 22 , 1 Samuel 23 . 23 , Psalm 10 . 8-10 , Psalm 37 . 12-14 , Psalm 37 . 32 , Psalm 37 . 33 , Jeremiah 36 . 26 , Matthew 2 . 4-8 , John 11 . 47-53 , Acts 23 . 12-27
Dothan . This 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
sent he thither horses . It 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 , 1 Samuel 24 . 2 , Matthew 26 . 47 , Matthew 26 . 55 , John 18 . 3-6
great . Heb. heavy , 2 Kings 18 . 17 , *marg.
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 11 . 18 . the Lord Zechariah 12 . 4 . I will smite
servant . or , minister , 2 Kings 3 . 11 , 2 Kings 5 . 20 , 2 Kings 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 Psalm 27 . 3 . host Matthew 14 . 30 . when Luke 11 . 34 . but 2 Peter 1 . 21 . in old time Revelation 20 . 9 . and compassed
Fear not . Exodus 14 . 13 , Psalm 3 . 6 , Psalm 11 . 1 , Psalm 27 . 3 , Psalm 118 . 11 , Psalm 118 . 12 , Isaiah 8 . 12 , Isaiah 8 . 13 , Isaiah 41 . 10-14 , Mark 16 . 6 , Acts 18 . 9 , Acts 18 . 10 , Philippians 1 . 28
they that be . 2 Chronicles 16 . 9 , 2 Chronicles 32 . 7 , 2 Chronicles 32 . 8 , Psalm 46 . 7 , Psalm 46 . 11 , Psalm 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 Psalm 91 . 11 . For Matthew 18 . 10 . their Acts 27 . 24 . Fear not Hebrews 11 . 34 . escaped Revelation 5 . 11 . many
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 , Psalm 68 . 17 , Psalm 91 . 11 , Psalm 104 . 3 , Ezekiel 1 . 13-16 , Zechariah 1 . 8 , Zechariah 6 . 1-7 , Matthew 26 . 53 , Hebrews 1 . 14 , Revelation 19 . 11 , Revelation 19 . 14
Reciprocal . Genesis 21 . 19 . General Genesis 32 . 2 . God's Numbers 22 . 23 . the ass saw Numbers 22 . 31 . opened 2 Kings 4 . 33 . prayed 2 Kings 6 . 20 . open the eyes 2 Kings 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 Solomon 3 . 7 . threescore Daniel 10 . 7 . alone Hosea 9 . 8 . with Matthew 18 . 10 . their Acts 9 . 8 . he saw Hebrews 1 . 7 . Who
Smite this people . Confound 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 , John 12 . 40 , Acts 13 . 11 , Romans 11 . 7
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 13 . 4 . his hand 2 Kings 3 . 23 . This is blood 2 Kings 4 . 33 . prayed 2 Kings 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
follow me . Heb. come ye after me , Matthew 16 . 24 , Mark 8 . 34 , Luke 9 . 23
I will bring . 2 Samuel 16 . 18 , 2 Samuel 16 . 19 , Luke 24 . 16
Reciprocal . Genesis 37 . 15 . What Joshua 2 . 4 . General Judges 4 . 18 . Jael Jeremiah 38 . 27 . and he told
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
My father . This 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 , 2 Kings 5 . 13 , 2 Kings 8 . 9 , 2 Kings 13 . 14
shall . 1 Samuel 24 . 4 , 1 Samuel 24 . 19 , 1 Samuel 26 . 8 , Luke 9 . 54-56 , Luke 22 . 49
Reciprocal . Judges 17 . 10 . a father Judges 18 . 19 . a father Matthew 23 . 9 . call Mark 6 . 20 . feared
wouldest . Deuteronomy 20 . 11-16 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 8-13
thy sword . Genesis 48 . 22 , Joshua 24 . 12 , Psalm 44 . 6 , Hosea 1 . 7 , Hosea 2 . 18
set bread . Proverbs 25 . 21 , Proverbs 25 . 22 , Matthew 5 . 44 , Romans 12 . 20 , Romans 12 . 21
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 9 . 9 . I neither 1 Kings 18 . 4 . fed them 2 Chronicles 28 . 15 . gave them
he prepared . 1 Samuel 24 . 17 , 1 Samuel 24 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 15 , Proverbs 25 . 21 , Proverbs 25 . 22 , Matthew 5 . 47 , Luke 6 . 35 , Luke 10 . 29-37
So the bands . That 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 , 2 Kings 6 . 9 , 2 Kings 5 . 2 , 2 Kings 24 . 2
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 4 . 2 . captains 1 Kings 18 . 4 . fed them 2 Kings 13 . 20 . the bands
gathered . 2 Kings 17 . 5 , 2 Kings 18 . 9 , 2 Kings 25 . 1 , Deuteronomy 28 . 52 , 1 Kings 20 . 1 , 1 Kings 22 . 31 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 14
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 16 . 17 . besieged Tirzah 1 Kings 20 . 42 . thy life shall go 2 Kings 6 . 8 . the king 2 Kings 8 . 7 . Benhadad Amos 1 . 4 . Benhadad
a great famine . 2 Kings 6 . 28 , 2 Kings 6 . 29 , 2 Kings 7 . 4 , 2 Kings 25 . 3 , 1 Kings 18 . 2 , Jeremiah 14 . 13-15 , Jeremiah 14 . 18 , Jeremiah 32 . 24 , Jeremiah 52 . 6
an ass's head . If the pieces of silver were drachms , the whole would amount to about 2£ 9s; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal. Ezekiel 4 . 13-16
dove's dung . This 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 Genesis 41 . 55 . famished 2 Samuel 21 . 1 . a famine 1 Kings 8 . 37 . in the land famine 1 Kings 16 . 17 . besieged Tirzah 2 Kings 7 . 1 . a measure of fine flour 2 Kings 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
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 2 Kings 8 . 3 . General 2 Kings 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 Lamentations 4 . 10 . hands
If the Lord . etc. or , Let not the Lord save thee
whence . Psalm 60 . 11 , Psalm 62 . 8 , Psalm 118 . 8 , Psalm 118 . 9 , Psalm 124 . 1-3 , Psalm 127 . 1 , Psalm 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
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 , Isaiah 9 . 21 , Isaiah 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
next . Heb. other
she hath hid . 1 Kings 3 . 26 , Isaiah 49 . 15 , Isaiah 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 Lamentations 4 . 10 . in Ezekiel 5 . 10 . the fathers
he rent his clothes . 2 Kings 5 . 7 , 2 Kings 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
God do so . Ruth 1 . 17 , 1 Samuel 3 . 17 , 1 Samuel 14 . 44 , 1 Samuel 25 . 22 , 2 Samuel 3 . 9 , 2 Samuel 3 . 35 , 2 Samuel 19 . 13 , 1 Kings 2 . 23
if the head . 1 Kings 18 . 17 , 1 Kings 19 . 2 , 1 Kings 22 . 8 , Jeremiah 37 . 15 , Jeremiah 37 . 16 , Jeremiah 38 . 4 , John 11 . 50 , Acts 23 . 12 , Acts 23 . 13
Reciprocal . Leviticus 5 . 4 . to do evil 2 Kings 3 . 2 . wrought 2 Kings 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
the elders . Ezekiel 8 . 1 , Ezekiel 14 . 1 , Ezekiel 20 . 1 , Ezekiel 33 . 31
ere the messenger . 2 Kings 6 . 12 , 2 Kings 5 . 26
See ye how . Luke 13 . 32
son of a murderer . 1 Kings 18 . 4 , 1 Kings 18 . 13 , 1 Kings 18 . 14 , 1 Kings 21 . 10
the sound . 1 Kings 14 . 6
Reciprocal . Exodus 7 . 1 . See 2 Kings 3 . 2 . wrought 2 Kings 5 . 9 . General 2 Kings 7 . 18 . as the man 2 Kings 8 . 4 . all the great Jeremiah 32 . 3 . Zedekiah Lamentations 3 . 39 . a man Acts 5 . 9 . the feet Hebrews 11 . 34 . escaped
this evil is of the Lord . Genesis 4 . 13 , Exodus 16 . 6-8 , 1 Samuel 28 . 6-8 , 1 Samuel 31 . 4 , Job 1 . 11 , Job 1 . 21 , Job 2 . 5 , Job 2 . 9 , Proverbs 19 . 3 , Isaiah 8 . 21 , Jeremiah 2 . 25 , Ezekiel 33 . 10 , Matthew 27 . 4 , Matthew 27 . 5 , 2 Corinthians 2 . 7 , 2 Corinthians 2 . 11 , Revelation 16 . 9-11
wait for the . Psalm 27 . 14 , Psalm 37 . 7 , Psalm 37 . 9 , Psalm 62 . 5 , Isaiah 8 . 17 , Isaiah 26 . 3 , Isaiah 50 . 10 , Lamentations 3 . 25 , Lamentations 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 2 Kings 7 . 1 . Elisha said 2 Kings 7 . 13 . they are even Job 15 . 22 . He believeth not Psalm 107 . 12 . and there Jeremiah 18 . 12 . There Amos 6 . 10 . Hold