2 Kings 6:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.b ”

2 Kings 6:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The king of Syria - Probably the great Benhadad (see 2 Kings 6:24 ).
2 Kings 6:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In (c) such and such a place [shall be] my camp. (c) Meaning, that he would lie in ambush and take the Israe...
2 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

king of Syria. Probably Ben-hadad of 2 Kings 6:24 ; 1 Kings 20:1 .
2 Kings 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. The king of Syria warred against Israel - This was probably the...
2 Kings 6:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall be my camp— I will lie in wait. Houbigant. And so at the end of the ninth verse, instead of thither the Syrians are come down, he reads, there the Syrians lie in wait. Not once nor twice...
2 Kings 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. The king of Syria warred against Israel. This seems to hav...
2 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then the king of Syria warred. — Rather, Now the king of Syria (Aram) was warring, i.e., continually. The time intended cannot be the reign of Jehoahaz, for here the Syrians achieve nothing of...
2 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Servant of the Lord of Battles 2 Kings 6:1-13 To us, the first of these miracles may appear somewhat trivial, but we must remember the value of an iron axe-head at that time, the inconvenie...
2 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! while you pay a just tribute of praise to the Lord of Elisha, for making him thus instrumental in the deliverance of Israel; shall not our minds be led to reflect how graciously our Jesus, by...
2 Kings 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel ,.... Proclaimed war against him; on what account, or how long it was after Naaman his general came with a letter of recommendation from him to the king...
2 Kings 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place [shall be] my camp. Ver. 8. Then the king of Syria warred. ] He delighted in it,...
2 Kings 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king of Syria warred against Israel This probably happened many years after Naaman was cured, and when he was either dead, or had lost his place through his refusing to worship Rimmon: for it i...
2 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Syrians Ensnared; the Syrians Generously Liberated. B. C. 893. 8 Then the king of...
2 Kings 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thither I will send my forces, to surprise some place; or to lie in ambush where the king or his people were to pass, 2 Kings 6:9 .
2 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then the king of Syria, still during the reign of Jehoram of Israel, warred against Israel, more by expeditions which had the plundering of the country for their object than by regular campaigns,...
2 Kings 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 20:1 ; 1 Kings 20:23 ; 1 Kings 20:34 ; 1 Kings 22:31 ; 2 Kings 6:24 ; Isaiah 7:5-7 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Job 5:12 ; Job 5:13 ; Proverbs 20:18 ; Proverbs 21:30

2 Kings 6:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 6:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 6:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 6:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 6:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 6:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 6:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge