2 Kings 6:8-17

6:8

king <04428> [the king.]

consulted <03289> [took.]

Invade <08466> [camp. or, encamping.]

6:9

sure <08104> [Beware.]

Syria <0758> [thither the Syrians.]

6:10

sent ...... place <07971 04725> [sent to the place.]

To see if it were so. But the Vulgate renders, {misit rex Israel ad locum, et pr‘occupavit eum;} "the king of Israel sent to the place, and pre-occupied it;" which is very likely, though not expressed in the Hebrew text.

warning ....... guard <02094 08104> [warned him.]

guard <08104> [saved.]

6:11

upset <03820> [Therefore.]

helping <05046> [Will ye not.]

6:12

master <0113> [None. Heb. No. Elisha.]

telling <05046> [telleth.]

[thy bed chamber.]

6:13

find out where <0351 07200> [spy where.]

Dothan <01886> [Dothan.]

This is supposed to be the same place where Joseph was sold by his brethren; and it is placed by Eusebius 12 miles north of Samaria.

6:14

sent horses <05483 07971> [sent he thither horses.]

It is strange the Syrian monarch did not think, that he who could penetrate his secrets with respect to the Israelitish army, could inform himself of all the machinations against his own life.

good-sized <03515> [great. Heb. heavy.]

6:15

attendant <08334 05288> [servant. or, minister.]

Oh <0162> [Alas.]

6:16

afraid <03372 07227> [Fear not.]

<07227> [they that be.]

6:17

prayed <06419> [prayed.]

open ... eyes ........ opened .... eyes <05869 06491> [open his eyes.]

full ... horses <05483 04390> [full of horses.]