2Ki 6:26-33 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Kings 6:26-33 (NET)

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6:26 While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!” 6:27 He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.” 6:28 Then the king asked her, “What’s your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.’ 6:29 So we boiled my son and ate him. Then I said to her the next day, ‘Hand over your son and we’ll eat him.’ But she hid her son!” 6:30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes. 6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” 6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” 6:33 He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

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Names, People and Places:

· Elisha a son of Shaphat; a prophet of the 9th century B.C. who succeeded the prophet Elijah,son of Shaphat of Abel-Meholah; successor of the prophet Elijah

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Shaphat son of Hori of Simeon; the spy sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan,father of the prophet Elisha,son of Shemaiah, a descendant of Hananiah, Zerubbabel and David,a chief of the tribe of Gad,son of Adlai; David's chief shepherd over the valley herds

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NET Notes: 2Ki 6:27 Heb “From where can I help you, from the threshing floor or the winepress?” The rhetorical question expresses the king’s frustration...

NET Notes: 2Ki 6:30 Heb “the people saw, and look, [there was] sackcloth against his skin underneath.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 6:31 Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 6:32 Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

NET Notes: 2Ki 6:33 Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”

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