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2 Kings 6:21 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 21
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?2 Kings 6:21 · King James Version
2 Kings 6:21 in context
19And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- ElishaʼĔlîyshâʻElisha, the famous prophetH477 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan (Kg2 6:13), which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to come upon him by night, and to bring him dead or alive, Kg2 6:14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23