2 Kings 6:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a greatd host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. ”

2 Kings 6:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a (f) great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. (f) Though it was nothing in man's judgment to have taken Elisha, yet the...
2 Kings 6:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Axehead Swims. Elisha and the Syrians at Dothan. In several minor miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word, but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying wate...
2 Kings 6:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. He sent thither horses - It is strange he did not think that he who could penet...
2 Kings 6:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Kings 6:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Elisha and the Siege of Samaria 1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan ( 2 Kings 6:2 ) suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2 Kings 2:5 . Probably Elis...
2 Kings 6:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A great host. — Of infantry. Not, however, an army but a company . (See 2 Kings 6:23 .) They came by night. — So as to take the city by surprise.
2 Kings 6:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS 2 Kings 6:1-23 "Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." - Ecclesiastes 9:15 ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was,...
2 Kings 6:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Opened Eyes 2 Kings 6:14-23 This is an acted parable of extreme beauty and suggestiveness. First, the stroke of trouble-swift, unlooked for, and apparently insurmountable; then the vivid contra...
2 Kings 6:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The grow...
2 Kings 6:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The mad and childish attempt of the king of Syria to take the prophet, serves to set forth the bitterness of the carnal mind against God and his servants in all ages, for it is always the same, only...
2 Kings 6:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore sent he thither horses and chariots, and a great host ,.... To terrify the inhabitants from attempting to defend the prophet, but deliver him up at once: and they came by night ; that th...
2 Kings 6:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. Ver. 14. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots. ] To wage war with...
2 Kings 6:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

"TOO SMALL FOR US" (vv.1-7) The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far as the record goes) that indicate...
2 Kings 6:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a gre...
2 Kings 6:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 6:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's One Man Intelligence Service And The Failed Attempt To Abduct Him ( 2 Kings 6:8-23 ). The king of Aram was puzzled because he kept raiding Israel only to discover each time that the king...
2 Kings 6:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 6:12 . Elisha … telleth … the words thou speakest in thy bedchamber —Elisha apprised king Jehoram of the designs of the Syrian king, who thereby was enab...
2 Kings 6:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 6:1 . And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about the...
2 Kings 6:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 6:1 . Sons of the prophets. See on 2 Kings 2:3 ; 2 Kings 2:5 . Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their college was a plain home-built house. 2 Kings 6:5 . Bo...
2 Kings 6:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then the King of Syria warred against Israel. Elisha at Dothan Seeing the invisible! Here is the young business man. He spends his days in a close and musty counting-room, casting up interminab...
2 Kings 6:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-7:20 FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . The historian relates first a (comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of Jericho, for the benef...
2 Kings 6:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Blindness of the Syrians
2 Kings 6:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:26 ; 1 Samuel 24:2 ; 2 Kings 1:9-13 ; 2 Kings 18:17 ; John 18:3-6 ; Matthew 26:47 ; Matthew 26:55

2 Kings 6:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 6:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 6:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 6:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 6:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 6:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 6:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 6:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 6:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 6:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 6:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 6:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge