2 Kings 6:8

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 6:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The king of Syria - Probably the great Benhadad (see 2 Kings 6:24 ).
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) Meani...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

king of Syria. Probably Ben-hadad of 2 Kings 6:24 ; 1 Kings 20:1 .
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 Sy...
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,...
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...
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 king of Syria ] perhaps the Benhadad of 2 Kings 6:24 and 1 Kings 20:1 .
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...
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." - Ecclesias...
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 valu...
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

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 mi...
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 wit...
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. The...
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 plac...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Syrians Ensnared; the Syrians Generously Liberated. B. C. 893....
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 .
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 raidin...
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 th...
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 hav...
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...
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 cl...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-7:20 FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . The historian relates first a (comparatively) private miracle wrought b...
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 cou...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Blindness of the Syrians

⁸ 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

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 6:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

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