2 Kings 6:31

1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 2:23; 1 Kings 22:8; 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 3:9; Acts 23:12; Acts 23:13; Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 37:16; Jeremiah 38:4; John 11:50; Ruth 1:17

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God do so ... - Jehoram uses almost the very words of his wicked mother, when she sought the life of Elijah (marginal reference). The head of...
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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 6:24 to 2 Kings 7:20 . The Siege of Samaria. The date and source of this episode need discussion. The name of the king of Syria, as in 1...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. If the head of Elisha - shall stan...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. No JFB commentary on this...
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 dw...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The head of Elisha ] Possibly the prophet had held out promises of relief which had not yet been realised.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then he said. — And he ( i.e., the king), said. God do so... to me. — Literally, So may God do to me, and so may he add : a common form of...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Dire Straits of Those Who Forsake God 2 Kings 6:24-33 This siege was the result of Ahab's foolish and misplaced leniency. See 1 Kings 20:4...
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 inf...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let the Reader mark the blessed properties of distinguishing grace. Oh! how hardened was the king of Israel's heart, to have so soon, forgotten the m...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then he said, God do so and more also to me ,.... He swore and made dreadful imprecations: if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. Ver. 31. If the head of Elisha....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If the head of Elisha shall stand on him this day If I do not this day take his head and his life. This wretched and partial prince overlooks his o...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If I do not this day take his head and life. This wretched and partial prince overlooks his own great and various sins, and, amongst others, his obst...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

And there was a great famine in Samaria. Famine, a judgment of God The language of truth, you perceive, formed the first portion of his words,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Great Famine in Samaria
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then he said, in an unreasonable rage against the prophet whom he, in some way, held responsible for the terrible conditions now disclosed, God do s...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

God do so, &c. — Because he had encouraged them to withstand the Syrians, by promising them help from God.

³¹ Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 6:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 6:31