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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
2 Kings Chapter 6 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2 Kings Chapter 6 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan--whose wooded banks would furnish plenty of timber.
2 Kings Chapter 6 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. it was borrowed--literally, "begged." The scholar's distress arose from the consideration that it had been presented to him; and that, owing to his poverty, he could not procure another.
2 Kings Chapter 6 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. cut down a stick, and cast it in thither--Although this means was used, it had no natural adaptation to make the iron swim. Besides, the Jordan is at Jericho so deep and rapid that there were one thousand chances to one against the stick falling into the hole of the axe-head. All attempts to account for the recovery of the lost implement on such a theory must be rejected.
the iron did swim--only by the miraculous exertion of Elisha's power.
2 Kings Chapter 6 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2Ki 6:8-17.
DISCLOSES THE KING OF SYRIA'S COUNSEL.
8-12. the king of Syria warred against Israel--This seems to have been a sort of guerrilla warfare, carried on by predatory inroads on different parts of the country. Elisha apprised King Jehoram of the secret purpose of the enemy; so, by adopting precautionary measures, he was always enabled to anticipate and defeat their attacks. The frequency of his disappointments having led the Syrian king to suspect some of his servants of carrying on a treacherous correspondence with the enemy, he was informed about Elisha, whose apprehension he forthwith determined to effect. This resolution was, of course, grounded on the belief that however great the knowledge of Elisha might be, if seized and kept a prisoner, he could no longer give information to the king of Israel.
2 Kings Chapter 6 13 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
13. Dothan--or, "Dothaim," a little north of Samaria (see on
Ge 37:17).
2 Kings Chapter 6 15 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
15. his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?--When the Syrian detachment surrounded the place by night, for the apprehension of the prophet, his servant was paralyzed with fear. This was a new servant, who had only been with him since Gehazi's dismissal and consequently had little or no experience of his master's powers. His faith was easily shaken by so unexpected an alarm.
2 Kings Chapter 6 17 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
17. Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see--The invisible guard of angels that encompass and defend us
(Ps 34:7).
The opening of the eyes, which Elisha prayed for, were those of the Spirit, not of the body--the eye of faith sees the reality of the divine presence and protection where all is vacancy or darkness to the ordinary eye. The horses and chariots were symbols of the divine power (see on
2Ki 2:12);
and their fiery nature denoted their supernatural origin; for fire, the most ethereal of earthly elements, is the most appropriate symbol of the Godhead [KEIL].
2Ki 6:1-7.
ELISHA CAUSES IRON TO SWIM.
1. the place where we dwell with thee--Margin, "sit before thee." The one points to a common residence--the other to a common place of meeting. The tenor of the narrative shows the humble condition of Elisha's pupils. The place was either Beth-el or Jericho, probably the latter. The ministry and miracles of Elisha brought great accessions to his schools.