2 Kings 8 — Overview

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This chapter gives an account of some advice Elisha had formerly given to the Shunammite woman, and of the success of it, 2Ki 8:1 and of the sickness of the king of Syria, who sent to Elisha, then being at Damascus, by Hazael, to know whether he should recover; by whom a message was returned, and Hazael was told by the prophet he should be king of Syria, and exercise great cruelty in Israel, 2Ki 8:7 and of the bad reign of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, over Judah, 2Ki 8:16 and of the reign of his son Ahaziah, 2Ki 8:25.

Ver. 1. Then spoke Elisha unto the woman (whose son he had restored to life),....

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2 Kings 8 — Overview2 Kings 8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe passages of story recorded in this chapter oblige us to look back. I. We read before of a Shunammite woman that was a kind benefactor to Elisha; now here we are told how she fared the better for it,…2 Kings 8 — Overview2 Kings 8 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Kings 8:1, The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the forewarned famine, for Elisha’s miracle’s sake has her land restored by the king; 2 Kings 8:7, Hazael, being sent with a present by…2 Kings 8:1-62 Kings 8:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere we have, I. The wickedness of Israel punished with a long famine, one of God's sore judgments often threatened in the law. Canaan, that fruitful land, was turned into barrenness, for the iniquity of those…2 Kings 8:1-292 Kings 8:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION 2 Kings 8:1-29 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH IN JUDAH. 2 Kings 8:1-15 Elisha is still the protagonistes of the…2 Kings 8:1-292 Kings 8:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE WICKED REIGN OF AHAZIAH IN JUDAH. The writer continues the history of Judah through another reign—a very short one-almost to its close. He describes the wickedness of Ahaziah, for the most part, in general terms,…2 Kings 8:1-292 Kings 8:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryHazael had no restraining power to check his own evil tendencies, no resisting power to stop the temptation at the door, ere it entered and took possession of his heart. He seems to have had a feeling of shame, as when…

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