If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Ver. 21. If thine enemy be hungry.] Elisha did so: he feasted his persecutors 2Ki 6:22 by a noble revenge, and provided a table for those who had provided a grave for him. Those Syrians came to Dothan full of bloody purposes to Elisha; he sends them from Samaria full of good cheer and jollity. Thus, thus should a Christian punish his pursuers, no vengeance but this is heroic and fit for imitation. a
a Dr Hall's Contempt.