1-6 The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to to avoid the forewarned famine, for Elisha's miracle's sake has her land restored by the king 7-15 Hazael, being sent with a present by Hen-hadad to Elisha at Damascus, after he had heard the prophecy, kills his master, and succeeds him 16-19 Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah 20-22 Edom and Libnah revolt 23,24 Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram 25-27 Ahaziah's wicked reign 28,29 He visits Joram, being wounded, at Jezreel

A.M. 3113 B.C.
whose sone 2Ki 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

2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

with 1Ti 5:8

land Jud 3:3 1Sa 27:1-3

3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

A.M. 3119 B.C. 885 2Ki 8:6 4:13 6:26 2Sa 14:4 Ps 82:3,4 Jer 22:16 Lu 18:3-5

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

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.

Gehazi 2Ki 5:20-27 7:3,10

Tell Mt 2:8 Lu 9:9 23:8 Joh 9:27 Ac 24:24

all the great 2Ki 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

5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

he had restored 2Ki 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 Ro 8:31

My lord 2Ki 6:12,26 1Sa 26:17 Ps 145:1

6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

officer. or, eunuch 2Ki 9:32 Ge 37:36 1Ch 28:1

Restore all De 22:2 Jud 11:13 2Sa 9:7 Pr 16:7 16:7 21:1

7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

Damascus Ge 14:15 1Ki 11:24 Isa 7:8

Ben-hadad 2Ki 6:24 1Ki 15:18 20:1,34

The man of God 2Ki 1:9,10 2:15 6:12 De 33:1 1Ki 13:1

is come Jud 16:2 Ac 17:6

8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

Hazael 1Ki 19:15

Take 2Ki 5:5 1Sa 9:7 1Ki 14:3

enquire 2Ki 1:2,6 3:11-13 1Ki 14:1-4 Lu 13:23 Ac 16:30

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

Hazael 1Ki 19:15

with him [heb] in his hand 2Ki 5:5

Thy son Ben-hadad 2Ki 6:21 13:14 16:7 1Sa 25:8 Phm 1:14

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.

Thou mayest 1Ki 22:15

the Lord 2Ki 8:13 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 2Ki 8:15 1:4,16 Ge 2:17 Eze 18:13

11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

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

12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

my Lord 2Ki 4:28 1Ki 18:13

the evil 2Ki 10:32,33 12:17 13:3,7 Am 1:3,4

dash 2Ki 15:16 Ps 137:8,9 Isa 13:16,18 Ho 10:14 13:16 Am 1:3-5,13 Na 3:10

13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

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 2Ki 8:10 1Ki 19:15 Mic 2:1

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

He told me 2Ki 8:10 5:25 Mt 26:16

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

And it came 2Ki 8:13 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 to Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to all the heat of his fever, and put over his face the {keever, or fly-net}. See note on 1Sa 19:13. dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.

so that he died 2Ki 9:24 15:10-14,25,30 1Ki 15:28 16:10,18 Isa 33:1

Hazael 2Ki 8:13 1Ki 19:15

16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

A.M. 3112 B.C. 892
Jehoram 2Ki 1:17 1Ki 22:50 2Ch 21:1-20

began to reign. [heb] reigned `Began to reign in concert with his father.'

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

A.M. 3112-3119 B.C. 892-885

18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

in the way 2Ki 3:2,3 1Ki 22:52,53

the house 2Ki 9:7,8 21:3,13 2Ch 21:13 Mic 6:16

the daughter 2Ki 8:26 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

19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

for David 2Ki 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

20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Edom 2Ki 8:22 3:9,27 Ge 27:40 2Ch 21:8-10

made a king 2Sa 8:14 1Ki 22:47

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

Zair Zair is supposed by Calmet and others to be the same as Seir, the country of Seir the Horite, inhabited by the Edomites or Idumeans. Probably the former was a dialectical pronunciation of the latter.

22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

Yet. `And so fulfilled' Ge 27:40 2Ki 8:20

Libnah 2Ki 19:8 Jos 21:13 2Ch 21:10

23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2Ki 15:6,36 1Ki 11:41 14:29 15:23 2Ch 21:11-20

24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

slept 1Ki 2:10 11:43 14:20,31

Ahaziah 1ch 3:11 2ch 21:1,17 25:23
Jehoahaz 2Ki 22:1,6

Azariah

25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

A.M. 3119-3120 B.C. 885-884 2Ki 8:16,17 9:29 2Ch 21:20

26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

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. 2Ki 8:17

See note on 2ch 22:2
one year 2Ki 9:21-27 2Ch 22:5-8

Athaliah 2Ki 11:1,13-16

daughter. or, grand-daughter 2Ki 8:18

27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

he walked 2Ki 8:18

the son in law 2Ki 8:18 2Ch 22:3,4 Ec 7:26 2Co 6:14-17

28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

A.M. 3120 B.C.
he went 2Ki 3:7 9:15 1Ki 22:4 2Ch 18:2,3,31 19:2 22:5

Hazael 2Ki 8:12,13 1Ki 19:17

Ramoth-gilead Jos 21:38 1Ki 4:13 22:3

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Joram 2Ki 9:15

which the Syrians had given [heb] wherewith the Syrians had wounded

Ramah `Called Ramoth, ver 28.'
Ahaziah 2Ki 9:16 2Ch 22:6,7

sick [heb] wounded 1Ki 22:34