2 Kings 7 — Overview

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

Relief is here brought to Samaria and her king, when the case is, in a manner, desperate, and the king despairing. I. It is foretold by Elisha, and an unbelieving lord shut out from the benefit of it, ver. 1, 2. II. It is brought about, 1. By an unaccountable fright into which God put the Syrians (ver. 6), which caused them to retire precipitately, ver. 7. 2. By the seasonable discovery which four lepers made of this (ver. 3-5), and the account which they gave of it to the court, ver. 8-11. 3. By the cautious trial which the king made of the truth of it, ver. 12-15. III. The event answered the prediction both in the sudden plenty (ver. 16), and the death of the unbelieving lord (ver. 17-20); for no word of God shall fall to the ground.

Elisha Foretells the Relief of Samaria. (b. c. 891.)

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