A.M. 3113. B.C. 891. whose son. 4:18,31-35;
sojourn. Ge 12:10; 26:1; 47:4; Ru 1:1;
the Lord. Ge 41:25,28,32; Le 26:19,20,26; De 28:22-24,38-40; 1Ki 17:1; 18:2; Ps 105:16; 107:34; Hag 1:11; Lu 21:11,22; Ac 11:28;
called for a famine. Jer 25:29;
seven years. Ge 41:27; 2Sa 21:1; 24:13; Lu 4:25;
with. 1Ti 5:8;
land. Jud 3:3; 1Sa 27:1-3;
A.M. 3119. B.C. 885. ver. 6; 4:13; 6:26; 2Sa 14:4; Ps 82:3,4; Jer 22:16; Lu 18:3-5;
the king. As it appears not likely that the king would hold conversation with a leprous man; or, that, knowing Gehazi had been dismissed with the highest disgrace from the prophet's service, he would talk with him concerning his late master; some have supposed that this happened before the cleansing of Naaman. But it agrees better with the chronology to consider it as having taken place after that event; the king, probably, having an insatiable curiosity to know the private history of a man who had done such astonishing things. As to the circumstances of Gehazi's disease, he might overlook that, and converse with him, keeping at a reasonable distance, as nothing but actual contact could defile.
Tell. Mt 2:8; Lu 9:9; 23:8; Joh 9:27; Ac 24:24;
all the great. 2:14,20-22,24; 3:14-16; 4:3-6,16,17; 5:14,27; 6:6,9-12,17-20,32; 7:1,16-20;
he had restored. 4:35;
behold, the woman. Ru 2:3; Es 5:14; 6:11,12; Pr 16:9; Ec 9:11; Mt 10:29,30; Ac 8:27-40; Ro 8:31;
My lord. 6:12,26; 1Sa 26:17; Ps 145:1;
officer. or, eunuch. 9:32; Ge 37:36; 1Ch 28:1;
Restore all. De 22:2; Jud 11:13; 2Sa 9:7; Pr 16:7; 21:1;
Damascus. Ge 14:15; 1Ki 11:24; Isa 7:8;
Ben-hadad. 6:24; 1Ki 15:18; 20:1,34;
The man of God. 1:9,10; 2:15; 6:12;
Hazael. 1Ki 19:15;
enquire. 1:2,6; 3:11-13; 1Ki 14:1-4; Lu 13:23; Ac 16:30;
Hazael. 1Ki 19:15;
with him. Heb. in his hand. 5:5;
Thy son Ben-hadad. 6:21; 13:14; 16:7; 1Sa 25:8; Phm 1:14;
Thou mayest. 1Ki 22:15;
the Lord. ver. 13; Ge 41:39; Jer 38:21; Eze 11:25; Am 3:7; 7:1,4,7; 8:1; Zec 1:20; Re 22:1;
he shall surely die. ver. 15; 1:4,16; Ge 2:17; Eze 18:13;
stedfastly. Heb. and set it. wept. Ge 45:2; Ps 119:136; Jer 4:19; 9:1,18; 13:17; 14:17; Lu 19:41; Joh 11:35; Ac 20:19,31; Ro 9:2; Php 3:18;
the evil. 10:32,33; 12:17; 13:3,7; Am 1:3,4;
dash. 15:16; Ps 137:8,9; Isa 13:16,18; Ho 10:14; 13:16; Am 1:3-5,13; Na 3:10;
a dog. 1Sa 17:43; 2Sa 9:8; Ps 22:16,20; Isa 56:10,11; Mt 7:6; Php 3:2; Re 22:15;
he should do. Jer 17:9; Mt 26:33-35;
The Lord. ver. 10; 1Ki 19:15; Mic 2:1;
He told me. ver. 10; 5:25; Mt 26:16;
And it came. ver. 13; 1Sa 16:12,13; 24:4-7,13; 26:9-11; 1Ki 11:26-37;
on the morrow. Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1;
that he took a thick cloth. There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The pronoun he is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand by it Ben-hadad; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha, as reported by Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to allay the heat of his fever, and put over his face the {keever,} or fly-net, (See Note on 1; Sa 19:13,) dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.
so that he died. 9:24; 15:10-14,25,30; 1Ki 15:28; 16:10,18; Isa 33:1;
A.M. 3112. B.C. 892. Jehoram. 1:17; 1Ki 22:50; 2Ch 21:1-20;
began to reign. Heb. reigned. "Began to reign in concert with his father."
A.M. 3112-3119. B.C. 892-885. ver. 17;
in the way. 3:2,3; 1Ki 22:52,53;
the house. 9:7,8; 21:3,13; 2Ch 21:13; Mic 6:16;
the daughter. ver. 26; 1Ki 21:25; 2Ch 18:1; 19:2; 21:6; 22:1-4;
his wife. Ge 6:1-5; De 7:3,4; 1Ki 11:1-5; Ne 13:25,26;
for David. 19:34; 2Sa 7:12,13,15; 1Ki 11:36; 15:4,5; 2Ch 21:7; Isa 7:14; 37:35; Jer 33:25,26; Ho 11:9; Lu 1:32,33;
light. Heb. candle, or lamp. 1Ki 11:36;
Edom. ver. 22; 3:9,27; Ge 27:40; 2Ch 21:8-10;
made a king. 2Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:47;
Zair. Zair is supposed by Calmet and others to be the same as Se�r, the country of Seir the Horite, inhabited by the Edomites or Idumeans. Probably the former was a dialectical pronunciation of the latter. ver. 21;
Yet. "And so fulfilled. Ge 27:40." ver. 20;
Libnah. 19:8; Jos 21:13; 2Ch 21:10; 15:6,36; 1Ki 11:41; 14:29; 15:23; 2Ch 21:11-20;
slept. 1Ki 2:10; 11:43; 14:20,31;
Ahaziah. 1Ch 3:11; 2Ch 21:1,17; 25:23;
A.M. 3119-3120. B.C. 885-884. ver. 16,17; 9:29; 2Ch 21:20;
Two and twenty. In the parallel passage of Chronicles, it is said, "forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;" but this is evidently a mistake, as it makes the son two years older than his own father! For his father began to reign when he was thirty-two years old, and reigned eight years, and so died, being forty years old. See ver. 17, and the Note on 2; Ch 22:2.
one year. 9:21-27; 2Ch 22:5-8;
daughter. or, grand-daughter. ver. 18;
he walked. ver. 18;
the son in law. ver. 18; 2Ch 22:3,4; Ec 7:26; 2Co 6:14-17;
A.M. 3120. B.C. 884. he went. 3:7; 9:15; 1Ki 22:4; 2Ch 18:2,3,31; 19:2; 22:5;
Hazael. ver. 12,13; 1Ki 19:17;
Ramoth-gilead. Jos 21:38; 1Ki 4:13; 22:3;
Joram. 9:15;
which the Syrians had given. Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded. Ramah. "Called Ramoth, ver. 28."
sick. Heb. wounded. 1Ki 22:34;