2 Kings 4:10
make ........ furnish <06213 07760> [Let us.]
small ... upper room <06996 05944> [a little chamber.]
An {ƒleeyah,} or {ole„h,} as the Arabs call it; a small back house annexed to the principal dwelling, in which the prophet could live in a great privacy as in his own house, and to which he could retire at pleasure, without breaking in upon the private affairs of the family, or being in his turn interrupted by them in his devotions. See the notes on Jud 3:20.
2 Kings 6:6
cut off <07094> [he cut down.]
This could have no natural tendency to raise the iron and cause it to swim: it was only a sign, or ceremony, which the prophet chose to employ on the occasion.
ax head <01270> [the iron.]
This was the real miracle; for the gravity of the metal must otherwise still have kept it at the bottom of the river.
2 Kings 9:2
Jehu <03058> [Jehu.]
Jehoram having retired from the army, Jehu seems to have been left first in command, having been long employed by Ahab's family.
aside <08432> [among his brethern.]
inner room <02315> [inner chamber. Heb. chamber in a chamber.]
2 Kings 9:16
Ahaziah <0274> [And Ahaziah.]
