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whose son. Compare 2 Kings 4:35.
famine. the famine, which had already begun. Probably the same as 2 Kings 4:38. Occasion is not determined by the text, but, 2 Kings 8:3 takes up the history at the end of the seven years.
it shall also come. it is come.
seven years: i.e. "[to last] seven years".
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man of God. See App-49.
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2 Kings 8:4 open_in_new
all the great things. See note on 2 Kings 2:15.
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2 Kings 8:5 open_in_new
restored. dead body. Compare 2 Kings 4:35.
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
for... for. Hebrew. 'al. for [to call attention to].
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fruits. produce.
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2 Kings 8:8 open_in_new
Hazael. One of Ben-hadad's servants.
present. It does not say that Elisha accepted it.
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every good. every kind of. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus). App-6.
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mayest certainly recover, &c.. "so far as re-covering goes, thou wilt recover. And [yet] Jehovah hath made me plainly see that he will surely die. "
surely die. Figure of speech Polyptoton. See notes on Genesis 2:17 with Genesis 26:28.
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2 Kings 8:11 open_in_new
he: i.e. Hazael.
ashamed. The thought of murder came into his mind.
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the evil. Described in 2 Kings 10:32. 2Ki 12:17. 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 13:22.
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a dog. Compare 1 Samuel 17:43; 1 Samuel 24:14; 2 Samuel 9:8.
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surely recover. See note on 2 Kings 8:10. A false report.
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it came to pass. The inscriptions of Shal-manezer II agree with this. The name of Jehu appears on them with Hazael's.
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Jehoshaphat being then king. Jehoram associated with him in Joram's filth year, and reigned solely in Joram's sixth year. Compare 2 Kings 9:29. Joram (of Ahab) began in Jehoshaphat's eighteenth year (2 Kings 3:1). His fifth year is therefore Jehoshaphat's twenty-third year, when Jehoram is associated with him as king, in the third year before his death. See App-50.
began to reign: i.e. in consort with his father.
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as. according as.
daughter of Ahab. Compare 2 Kings 8:26. See App-55.
did evil. Compare 2 Chronicles 21:2-4.
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as He promised. Compare 1 Samuel 7:13.
light. Compare 1 Kings 11:36. See note on Genesis 15:17. Hebrew. ner. Found only four times, and always of David (2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7).
and to his children. Many codices, and five early printed editions, read "for his children": i.e. sons.
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Edom revolted. Compare 2 Chronicles 21:8 with 1 Kings 22:47, and see above (2 Kings 3:9).
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2 Kings 8:21 open_in_new
the people: i.e. of Judah.
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Yet Edom, &c. The success of Edom accounted for from the end of 2 Kings 8:21, and Genesis 27:40.
this day. Written therefore before the captivity of Judah.
Then Libnah revolted. Compare 2 Chronicles 21:10. Lib-nah was. city of the priests (Joshua 21:13), and Jehoram with his wife and sons had "broken up" the Temple worship (2 Chronicles 24:7). The priests therefore, headed by Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 23:1), led this revolt, and were afterwards active in repairing the house of the Lord (2 Chronicles 24:1-14).
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2 Kings 8:23 open_in_new
the rest. Compare 2 Chronicles 21.
Joram. Jehoram.
are they not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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2 Kings 8:24 open_in_new
slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.
Ahaziah his son: i.e. his youngest son; all the rest being slain. See 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1. and App-55.
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Two and twenty years. See note on 2 Chronicles 22:2.
Ahaziah. Note that Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah, omitted in Matthew 1:8, all died violent deaths (2Ki 9:27. 2 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 14:19).
daughter. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), for grand-daughter; and even for successors not in descent by blood.
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he went with Joram. His uncle.
Ramoth-gilead. It was then in the hands of Israel, but threatened by Syria. Compare 2 Kings 9:14.
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Ramah. Ramoth-gilead.